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Old 02-22-2018, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Self explanatory
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True!

Also laws against hookers, sodomy, and cocaine make us "less free."
Well, there goes my weekend plans!
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Old 02-22-2018, 02:35 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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I have owned guns my whole adult life and always thought the NRA was a joke, and they still do not fail to disappoint.
Well, only a small percentage of gun owners belong.
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Old 02-22-2018, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Gaston, South Carolina
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Driving a car isn't a right.
Not sure why the Founding Fathers didn't throw that in the Constitution

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Old 02-22-2018, 02:43 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Not sure why the Founding Fathers didn't throw that in the Constitution
They threw in the words "well regulated" in regards to gun rights.
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Old 02-22-2018, 02:44 PM
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Location: Dallas, TX
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If you disagree with the literal, face-value meaning of these lyrics, then that implies you think some things are more important than freedom --- at 0:10-0:20, and 0:50-0:55 in particular. plus 1:37.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxyNExKhHQ

ADDED: This "freedom above all else" (few to no laws and regulations beyond what you see in Westerns) may be appropriate for wide swaths of land with less than 2 people per square mile; but try that today, this nation would quickly degenerate into Afghanistan or Somalia or Syria.

Last edited by Phil75230; 02-22-2018 at 02:58 PM..
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Old 02-22-2018, 03:10 PM
 
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I watched the NRA speech today. Typical rhetoric thought it wasn't particularly bad. I shouldn't be surprised that now Trump seems to be adopting the NRA plan as it were to make schools 'hard targets'.
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Old 02-22-2018, 03:12 PM
 
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He also cautioned (threatened ?) a wave of socialism could sweep the country - even though we have a Republican House, Senate, and President.
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Old 02-22-2018, 03:14 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Anyone stop to think why schools are targets in the first place? Something is seriously wrong with society, and it has nothing to do with guns.
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Old 02-22-2018, 03:20 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Everyone should be able to carry muskets just as the founders intended. Why an AR-15 and not a rocket launcher or grenade?
When did the 2nd Amendment include semi-automatic rifles but not machine guns?
Clearly the first amendment only applies to quill pens and hand operated printing presses.
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Old 02-22-2018, 03:21 PM
 
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He said having guns is a GOD given right, and people who ask for gun laws want to take away ALL freedoms.
Makes you wonder , seeing as how guns were invented by 15th century Muslims.
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