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To: fight_truth_decay; Joe Brower

"The Second Amendment is one of the clearest statements of right in the Constitution. We've had decades of sort of intellectual gymnastics to try to make those words not mean what they say."

-- Benjamin Wittes, legal affairs analyst and guest scholar, Brookings Institution


18 posted on 07/06/2007 6:28:12 PM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF *GOA*SAS)
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ...
"The Second Amendment is one of the clearest statements of right in the Constitution. We've had decades of sort of intellectual gymnastics to try to make those words not mean what they say."

-- Benjamin Wittes, legal affairs analyst and guest scholar, Brookings Institution

Worth repeating. Good one, EdReform.

One of my favorite Samuel Adams quotes was "How strangely will the tyrant pervert the plain meaning of words!" Some truths are indeed perennial.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

30 posted on 07/07/2007 5:43:57 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: EdReform

I thought the 4th was clearer than the 2nd. And they sure managed to piss all over that one.


236 posted on 07/08/2007 11:08:13 AM PDT by Wolfie
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