Forbes Article on Gun Control

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Forbes Article on Gun Control

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Gun Control Tramples On The Certain Virtues Of A Heavily Armed Citizenry
Full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencehun ... citizenry/
It is time the critics of the Second Amendment put up and repeal it, or shut up about violating it. Their efforts to disarm and short-arm Americans violate the U.S. Constitution in Merriam Webster’s first sense of the term—to “disregard” it.
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anygunanywhere wrote:
Gun Control Tramples On The Certain Virtues Of A Heavily Armed Citizenry
Full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencehun ... citizenry/
It is time the critics of the Second Amendment put up and repeal it, or shut up about violating it. Their efforts to disarm and short-arm Americans violate the U.S. Constitution in Merriam Webster’s first sense of the term—to “disregard” it.
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Yeah, but note the moronic comments following the article --that's our real problem...you can't fix stupid (though given a few decades we might be able to improve it a little).
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VMI77 wrote:<SNIP>

Yeah, but note the moronic comments following the article --that's our real problem...you can't fix stupid (though given a few decades we might be able to improve it a little).
Here's hoping natural selection ala Darwin runs its course.
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That was a pleasant surprise, a great bit of writing. :thumbs2:
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