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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (334847)4/23/2007 12:01:18 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) of 1573936
 
Rightwing NRA types, stop lying about the 2nd Amendment.

The 2nd Amendment was crafted at a time when we had just defeated the British and we had to make sure no other tyrants, monarchies or corrupt autocrats moves to take over our fragile government. In those days also each state was like a little country. That has all changed. Or else maybe some should consider ousting Bush-Cheney in an armed insurrection. After all they did cheat to steal the elections, right?

State militias - they're called the National Guard and the Governors are in charge of them though Bush has tried to take that power away, much to the governors' anger. So we don't need rightwing nutsos in Idaho "protecting us". Half of them are insane anyway. The National Guard fill that task.

The right to bear arms. Fine, what weapons do you really need to bear? You a hunter? Fine, buy a hunting rifle or two. You afraid someone might break into your home? Fine, buy a handgun and keep it safe and away from kids. You a diamond merchant or target of assassination, then maybe you need a concealed weapons permit, but very few people actually need those.

But the NRA is not nearly satsified with those rights, nor do they want any psychiatric background checks or waiting periods. Now, they want our schools to be fully armed, people to have military weapons overpowering the cops, and for there to be a general culture of gun-worshipping addiction all of which puts billions into their pockets. Do we need any of it? Very little. Most of it way over the line and the kids who are dying these days are proof that it's gone too far.
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