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In reply to the discussion: how many of you CA residents plan to register your "assault rifles" [View all]Buzz cook
(2,642 posts)4. Arms in the hands of private citizens
Are most frequently used to support oppressive government, not to fight against it.
the US Constitution protects the right to chose, the right to marry whomever you want, the right to free speech and freedom of religion, the right of the free press, the right to a fair trial and against cruel and unusual punishment, the right to privacy, the right to not testify against yourself, the right of the individual, and the right to keep and bear arms.
Unfortunately the majority of activist gun owners don't support the right to chose, the right to marry whoever you want, and so on. Who's side do you think they will take between conservative oppressive government and the right of minorities?
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A few rifles is all it takes to defeat the other guys with rifles guarding the big things that
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#51
Some of your responses are rather ahistorical, and deserve a fisking
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2017
#55
I continue to wonder why grown men still play 'cowboys & Indians' fantasy. nt
fleabiscuit
Apr 2017
#52
You can buy all the armored vehicles you can afford. However, if you want to have
yagotme
Apr 2017
#66