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Posted on 04/27/2005 10:27:30 AM PDT by neverdem
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The First Amendment is just hot air without the possibility of hot lead that the Second Amendment provides.
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Yes, true, but just as dangerous for anti-American leftists. The fear of disclosure and education of the weaker-minded masses is a big fear of theirs. Ala the "new media" and talk radio. They would silence that force in America in a second if they could. Their miserable, ridiculous attempt to counter conservative, pro-American talk radio, was not what they really wanted to do. If you dig deep, you will find far-leftist efforts in the Congress to "muzzle" free conservative speech.
The First Amendment will remain under attack. Great example: McCain-Feingold so-called campaign finance reform. Major blow to First Amendment rights passed by the Congress and signed by the President (which, then, shocked me, but now it does not)....
The U.S. Constitution -- UNDER SEIGE!!!
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Yes, you're right.
Michael Frazier
Thanks for posting. Great information.
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AND confirmed by the SCOTUS.
You are absolutely correct: The Constitution is under constant attack and has been ever since Marbury, and the current fiasco in congress (dims want to filibuster, pubbies too gutless to kick butt and get conservative judges seated) is not going to help anytime soon.
Pardon this ping if you already saw the article on the banglist, but some may not be familiar with the banglist, or check it religiously. The statistics that Dr. Lott provides are useful in political arguments. Some may want to bookmark the article.
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This is great that IBD ran this story. It's the truth that the MSM refuses to print. Kudos to Investor Business Daily.
Thanks for the ping. Great post and thread.
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"More than 450,000 crimes, including 10,800 murders, were committed with guns in 2002. But Americans also used guns defensively more than 2 million times that year, and more than 90 percent of the time merely brandishing the weapon was sufficient to stop an attack."
I'd love know how that stat compares with the number of attacks successfully defended by would-be victims in nations like Canada or the UK, where citizens aren't allowed to defend themselves so readily.
Great post. Thanks for the ping.
What has happened is the culture of victimology has invested liability. This means the prior doctrine of "proximate cause" is being streched to absurdity.
Where before the use of a stolen car in a bank robbery would not get the owner in trouble, the legal profession has extended proximate cause to be able to go after the car owners auto insurance and even home owner's insurance.
BTW does everyone realize that some states have laws which have the STATE get a chuck of punitive damage awards?
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Great quotes. Thanks for posting `em BUMP!
I love the editorials in IBD. It's too bad the president and republican party don't follow what they write.
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