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Common Sense Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
Seattle Times ^
| 1 May 2014
| Jerry Large
Posted on 05/01/2014 4:49:26 PM PDT by Publius
I dont believe the Second Amendment was ever intended to support the kind of gun craziness we contend with today, but since its always used to ward off any common-sense gun reforms, maybe we ought to just fix the Constitution and be done with it.
Yes, I know the odds against that are immense, but maybe we could start by nibbling away at the idea that the Constitution is infallible or that the founders had the answers to everything. They were smart men but neither perfect nor prescient.
One of the ways they showed how smart they were, was that they made a document that could be updated when it needed to be, and today it needs to be on this issue.
Weve had another of those disturbing clusters of shootings in Seattle the past week, and gun violence continues to injure and kill across the country in public, and frequently private, ways. Most gun deaths are suicides.
But some Americans embrace their guns even more tightly even as the headlines call out for sanity. You know what Im talking about.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guncontrol; molonlabe; rkba
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Good red meat for FReepers. Have at it.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:49:26 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: Publius
Second Amendment protections were put in place so that citizens could shoot operatives of an oppressive government, not deer.
2
posted on
05/01/2014 4:51:34 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: Publius
Come and take them Jerry, just try, please.
3
posted on
05/01/2014 4:51:37 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Publius
Passing both houses of Congress might be tough.Getting three quarters of state legislatures to go along will *surely* be tough.
4
posted on
05/01/2014 4:51:55 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
To: Publius
5
posted on
05/01/2014 4:52:14 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Publius
6
posted on
05/01/2014 4:52:36 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Publius
Go ahead and repeal it.
I’ll still have a God-given right to effectively defend myself against those more-numerous, more-powerful and less-principled then myself.
7
posted on
05/01/2014 4:52:53 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Publius
He should just move to Mexico where gun ownership is illegal for just about everyone, that way he can avoid all the gun violence.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:53:48 PM PDT
by
Malsua
To: HiJinx
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:54:10 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: tet68
“Ah, I love the smell of napalm in the air.”
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:54:46 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
LOL Detroit Firearms instructor and blogger Rick Ector spoke to a state senator representing Detroit the other day and the senator wants to do something about Detroit’s Justified Homicide “Problem”.
To: Publius
Yes, I know the odds against that are immense, but maybe we could start by nibbling away at the idea that the Constitution is infallible or that the founders had the answers to everything. Could the author possibly give more evidence for his ignorance?
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:55:34 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Publius
Repeal the second amendment: HAR! HAR! HAR!
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:55:43 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: Publius
Jerry Large
Seattle Times staff columnist
Jerry Larges column appears Monday and Thursday.
You can reach him at 206-464-3346 or jlarge@seattletimes.com.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:55:55 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: Publius
As if my rights come from parchment. Repeal and arm yourself for the war of enforcement candyass.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:56:15 PM PDT
by
The Toll
(e)
To: Publius
Most gun deaths are suicides.If so, then I'm more than happy to lend him my gun.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:56:25 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Publius
OK, cops, criminals, villains, tyrants, and feral gumming alphabet agencies disarm FIRST!
Can’t do that?
Impractical yous say?
Then, forget about disarming us.
As long as cops, criminals, villains, tyrants and feral gummint alphabet agencies have as much as a knife, we RESERVE the right to defend ourselves against them with firepower!
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:56:33 PM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: Publius
Someone have a “My home is gun-free” sign for this guy?
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:56:58 PM PDT
by
jughandle
( "We have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!" -HRC)
To: Publius
Jerry, The 2nd amendment was put in place to protect every one else from people like you.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:57:10 PM PDT
by
mongo141
(Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
To: Malsua
Or Chicago. He’s definitely be safe there.
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posted on
05/01/2014 4:58:22 PM PDT
by
abishai
(Hello Jane!!! I miss you.)
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