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To: koan who wrote (765425)	1/24/2014 8:21:39 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1576177

Illinois Wants Potheads to Give Up Their Second Amendment Rights -By Warner Todd Huston Illinois is mulling a new medical marijuana law that would force pot users to sign away their right to bear arms. ........... publiusforum.com Surely, other states will follow and gun nuts bentway and rat will finally be disarmed.

To: koan who wrote (765425)	1/24/2014 10:51:55 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576177

What didn't fit? "It didn't fit." There have been over 57 million legally induced abortions in the US. The usual argument against denying rape victims or victims of incest the availablitity of a legal abortion, which gets regurgitated when the issue is debated, are not even statistically significant in this. The reality is, people want to have a personal choice not infringed upon by the government (regardless of the opinions of those not involved personally in that choice). There are also significant statistics showing justified homicides are the result of a gun owner protecting themselves or others and countless accounts of gun owners stopping a crime which could have turned violent but didn't because of the presence of a gun owner. Still it is a personal choice, and one which has foundational merit and far reaching implication to the success of America, which are guaranteed against government infringement. ehh? ... "Fine, but society has the right to say we need to control guns" =================================== <<If you don't believe in abortions, don't get one.>> Fine, but allow others to get one. The pro life people don't allow them to get one! <<If you don't believe in gay marriage, don't marry someone of the same gender.>> Fine, but let others get married! <<If you don't believe in gun ownership, don't get one.>> Fine, but society has the right to say we need to control guns e.g. background checks. ================================ Ehhh... why does your logic change in the last example? Society wants to control number of bullets, size of gun, number of guns, open carry, where to carry...etc

To: koan who wrote (765425)	1/24/2014 11:15:25 AM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 1576177

Holder has greatly expanded the range of race-related lawsuits filed against companies, schools and governments. For example, his department recently threatened to sue schools where African Americans are disciplined differently than Asian or white students. His agency has extracted billions of dollars in payments from banks after unintentional racial differences were detected in their lending patterns. He has also rolled back drug penalties imposed on African Americans. Holder’s boss, President Barack Obama, recently told The New Yorker that he supported a reform of marijuana laws, partly because many Africans Americans have been jailed for violating those laws. During the interview, Holder also threatened to sue states if his deputies see a racial purpose behind voter-identification laws that have already been approved by the Supreme Court. Holder also hinted at a wave of new lawsuits amid the growing diversity caused by immigration. “We have demographic changes in this nation the likes of which we have never seen before,” he said. “That could be a very divisive thing… on the other hand, if we do accept the new nation that we are about to become, that could be a very positive force.” Holder’s office has not publicly pushed back against the president’s decision to reduce enforcement of immigration laws. The looser enforcement has boosted Obama’s support among Latinos, but has also increased job-competition for young African Americans. Only about half of young black men who have not completed high school have full-time jobs. The Daily Caller ^ \| 24 Jan 2014 \| Neil Munro