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Old May 10, 2008, 05:43 pm   #259 (permalink) (top)
Gods_Mercenary
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And yet, in countries with stricter gun control, there's far fewer deaths. Yada, yada, yada...

that 800 lb gorilla is still sitting there, smack in the middle of the room.
I'll take the 800 pound gorilla on the sofa over the 5 ton Elephant of government on my chest.

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In the last 40 years there's been an almost 50% drop in the number of Americans who smoke, yet cigarettes have never been banned.

It's about changing Americans attitudes towards guns, which is already happening. Fewer and fewer American households own firearms. We should accelerate that trend, first and foremost by making clear that we do NOT have a constitutional right to own firearms.

If that changes in June, then Americans should work to overturn the Roberts Court Ruling, and return to the current standing Supreme Court case law precedent.
Smoking cigarettes is inherently harmful, first of all, keeping a gun for self defense isn't. The problem is that we do have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms, as most judges have agreed. Second of all, the people don't have the ability to directly overturn a court ruling, the forefathers had some insight there as well.


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