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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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1. The whole concept of fighting the government is so stupid as to be

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 01:14 PM

Aug 2016

grounds to deny a gun purchase.

After working so hard to hammer out the terms of a federal government I'm sure the Founding Fathers were all about letting Joe Bob destroy it, right?

Then there's Article III section three which reads, in part, "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them. . . "

There's other stuff in the Constitution besides the holy Second Amendment.

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The Fallacy of Second Amendment Absolutism [View all] billh58 Aug 2016 OP

The whole concept of fighting the government is so stupid as to be flamin lib Aug 2016 #1

I have often wondered if, billh58 Aug 2016 #2

As a follow up to Second Amendment absolutism: billh58 Aug 2016 #3

We have invented an even more powerful new weapon against government tyranny; lastlib Aug 2016 #4

The "cold dead hands" crowd billh58 Aug 2016 #5