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Stanford law prof: Second Amendment is about restricting gun rights
The Daily Caller ^ | January 30, 2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 01/30/2014 1:26:16 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: jughandle
The right “kind” of military sure would....

This military did so, and not too long ago, in Watertown MA...


41 posted on 01/30/2014 4:25:02 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Self defense? The 2nd amendment is about having the arms necessary to defend yourself from the government.


42 posted on 01/30/2014 4:33:41 AM PST by glorgau
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To: C210N; Travis McGee

Thanks for posting that photo — I am so glad that moment is recorded.

Any one of us is in that guy’s sights (has he ever been identified?).

We should never ever forget.


43 posted on 01/30/2014 4:35:43 AM PST by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: catman67

I think GW would have been in hog heaven.


44 posted on 01/30/2014 4:37:21 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This guy is a loon. He seems to have problems understanding the English language. What a moron. I new this was going to happen when they decided that ANYONE could be a “professor”.


45 posted on 01/30/2014 4:42:06 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another academic whore spouting off.


46 posted on 01/30/2014 4:48:20 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Having some small say in who gets to hold the whip doesn't make you any less a slave.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Stupid is, as stupid does...”

When the chips fall, and he gets his confiscation implemented...

I hope he is the one knocking on my door...I will be happy to receive him...


47 posted on 01/30/2014 4:51:38 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: pepsionice

Interesting. And entirely plausible.


48 posted on 01/30/2014 4:53:54 AM PST by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“The founding fathers had no idea how powerful–and destructive–today’s weapons would become, he said”

Since rifles -- including so-called "assault rifles" -- are used in such a small number of homicides, this doesn't explain why liberals find them so disturbing. The last time I looked it up, the most common firearm used in homicides was a revolver.

Why not ban revolvers? Or why not ban swimming pools, since they're far more dangerous than guns?

49 posted on 01/30/2014 5:00:26 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: jospehm20

They knew exactly how destructive the media and guns could be. They understood crony capitalism, corruption, evil and abusive government.

The one thing our founders underestimated is the tenacity of our enemies and how little most Americans are willing to fight for the freedoms so many of them died for.


50 posted on 01/30/2014 5:02:12 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

The founding genetic pool has been diluted to the point there is not the collective ability to succeed


51 posted on 01/30/2014 5:05:38 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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52 posted on 01/30/2014 5:08:11 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: bert

I’m reading Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara. Provides a great insight into the events which led up to the Declaration of Independence.


53 posted on 01/30/2014 5:09:36 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Sooth2222

Firearms were MORE deadly in 1780, not less. The difference is medical treatment then and now. In 1780, and torso wound was fatal, and half of limb wounds, due to infection. Today, gang-bangers routinely sport multiple bullet wounds from past encounters.

In 1780, and maniac could have loaded up a goose gun or blunderbuss with 1/4 lb. of rusty nails and fired it at a church picnic, causing a dozen fatal wounds. They didn’t.

The difference is the culture, not the deadliness of firearms.


54 posted on 01/30/2014 5:11:36 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Same typo twice. AND = ANY


55 posted on 01/30/2014 5:12:34 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Same tired old fascist crap.


56 posted on 01/30/2014 5:13:23 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Mark17

We need to dust off and nuke it from orbit, just to be sure to get them all.


57 posted on 01/30/2014 5:29:18 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And just because there is a right of the press, that doesn’t mean they have a right to high-speed offset presses. A “press” as the founders understood was an actual device utilizing movable type. How can somebody disseminating information over the airwaves be considered part of the press? The founders never could have imagined such a thing as pictures that traveled through the air.


58 posted on 01/30/2014 5:32:04 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Sensible Civil Right of Self-Defense is meaningless without the means to provide that civil right – firearms.

It’s like saying you have a right to breath, but you can’t have any air.

What part of ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.’

Does the man not understand?

59 posted on 01/30/2014 5:52:21 AM PST by Voice of Reason88 ( Freedom is never lost all at once - Edmund Burke)
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it’s fanciful to think that the military would ever turn on U.S. citizens.”

As fancy as Waco?

60 posted on 01/30/2014 5:57:26 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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