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Day Without A Mexican Black - Part Deux? SOMEHOW, I think, the working taxpayers of the country won't notice a difference (except the lower than avg. traffic I'd guess).

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This “soft science” is obviously about as soft as flaming marshmallow!!

It’s astonishing how deep you head can be in the sand. An obviously supremacist ideology that empowers men to embrace all their dark thoughts - so long as it is directed toward non-Muslims, the “wrong kind” of Muslim or helpless boys & girls.
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I think there’s another, better, hole their heads are inserted...though I think, sometimes, they have a hard time finding even with both hands.

This could be *THE* shining example of Socialist ‘higher learning’: “*FREE* college funding” *point here*, etc.

Wasn’t it Zero whom said he had NO idea about the server?

What personal email would Cankles have with Zero to begin...isn’t that her excuse?

Slaves in America? Taxpayers

One by the 16th, the 2nd by the Welfare State.

Upset?

How many walked out w/ kids in tow?
Anyone paid to ask a refund?
How many kids walked off the field in opposition to the snub?

The trial balloon was floated, seeing what comes about the ‘new normal’.

Anyone who tries to defend public education probably went to a public school Socialist college.

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You can thank LBJ’s Great Society for initiating this malady.
Having a black male around the house resulted in loss of benefits from his War on Poverty. To keep welfare payments, the man had to go. The alternative was for taxpayers to fund poor families forever. It’s a lose-lose situation with no end in sight.
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False dichotomy. The ‘win’ was keeping govt in its rightful place in the matter: OUT of the matter entirely.

There is not an ‘issue’, that I can recall, ‘solved’ by govt. I can give numerous examples of the reverse.

The problem(s) of our world rest at the feet of one entity: Govt.

In the matter of schooling, remove the DoEd, the oppressive property taxes ($$ in perpetuity) and return to a service oriented endeavor paid by the USERS thereof. Then watch the magic.

>2ND amendment all that stands between us and total slavery

Unfort., it already has a bit more than one foot in the grave: Multiple infringements on multiple fronts, The People no longer understanding inalienable Rights.

Govt could decree it dead tomorrow and more than 50% would applaud from news, to Congress, to...

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I predict the IRS will start enforcing the law as soon as Trump takes office, so that he takes the heat. People that were given a pass until now will think that Trump changed the policy.
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IMO, I hope he ORDERS them to do so on day one. Hell, I WISH he’d rescind each and every exemption in the process, “You wanted the law, I will enforce EVERY letter of the same...Go to TRUMP2016.com for a list of phone numbers for your local Rep\Senator.”

>It really is time to bust up the big banks....

....and LONG past time to break-up BIG GOVT (right after the former)

My biggest gripe about the plan: “Trump proposes a zero income tax rate for singles making $25,000 and couples making twice that. Instead of paying the government money, they’ll file a one-page tax form that says, “I win.” “

NOBODY should be paying $0 in taxes; those that get a pass don’t care on the effort\cost of said ‘free ride’.

Any tax breaks to the plethora of small-biz under the boot heel of oppressive taxation, unable to acquire a sweet-heart deal for NOT moving out of State?

Crony Capitalism at its finest.

“A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday....”

On what grounds? I’d bet dollars to doughnuts not a mention of the 9th/10th or A1S8 (aka more smoke and mirrors on the infringements of our Rights)

>“Militant violence is vanishingly rare...”

“....because it hasn’t happened to US (yet) to care.”

Guess it’s that selective-editing going around /s

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It seems to me that you are dancing around a very important part of our illegal aliens issue, those who are already here.
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Now, or when the fairy tale of 1) govt doing its JOB a\o 2) return of Constitutional limits?

I cannot see how expanding govt, to further infringe the Rights and Freedoms of We the People will help in either case...

>What is governments role in this issue?

One they refuse to do properly, efficiently or effectively.

>How do we identify them, and once identified, how do we make sure they have every incentive to quickly leave on their own accord?

Good question. Aside from the visa over-stays and the like, how DOES one identify a ‘gate jumper’ (aside from an all seeing, all knowing Big Brother)? IMO, it sure isn’t to make EVERYONE else subservient to Fedzilla.

BUT, if we still were a service oriented economy, we’d have a damn easier time finding ‘em.

>Building a wall doesn’t ‘crush’ anyone, rather it provides thousands of jobs and all the opportunities that go along with have a good income.

Like any large endeavor, it’s a boon...until the project is ‘complete’. True, it’s not going to crush anyone, but (my $.02), a bill not needing to be paid.....yet(?).

Do appreciate the civil back-n-forth @ least. Bigger/better minds than mine, I’d think, have more ready solutions for the task at hand.

>Vouchers.......

How ‘bout ‘pay your OWN way’ instead? There is NOTHING *free* about ‘free’ public education, let alone exemplary with > State control too.

Kill the property taxes, write the check for the service and watch mom/dad really start to give-o-sh!t about little Johnny\Jill’s education.

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I don’t know if this is legit or not. But I do know that the so called War on Drugs is the most misguided government policy since its predecessor back in the 1920’s
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Misguided? At least Prohibition went through the legal\PROPER channels....no so much since or after (yet, is still the ‘law’ *somehow*).

Even if found conclusively to be legit, there are enough drug warrior cheerleaders (aka GOP nanny-stater’s) here to ‘keep up the *good* fight’....for the children, y’know /s

>I thought this was decided in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision a few years ago.

And here I thought it was ‘settled’ ~1776

I’d say, courts wish to have the same RE-settled, just keep it up

It’s a gotcha question, pure and simple. Hell, I admit I had to go look it up to put it together...He could just have easily been asked about the Syrian war or the like.

They didn’t ask about ‘Apello, Syria’. Hell, in almost every newscast, they give the city name along WITH the country; unless it’s been in the ‘know’ for so long (Moscow, Baghdad, etc.)...But, no.

GJ and Weld were what had me turn in my (L) card. Nothing even closely aligned w/ the platform; just a GOPe disgrace.

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Should we treat bank robbers the same way, shop lifters?

Just ignore them, as we have no obligation to society or the rule of law?

Or am I missing something in what you’re saying?
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Oh, I said *nothing* about ignoring the obvious.

Unfort., govt isn’t doing its job on multiple fronts (be that State > Fed); calling the cops\ICE+ just begets a revolving door effect (”Oh, you *promise* to come back to trail? Well, we’ll let you out until then.”). And, no We shouldn’t stop doing our due diligence.

That doesn’t mean govt gets (nor has the authority) to saddle BIZ with the attempt to clean up the mess for ‘em (while they wash their hands of the matter). And, if biz doesn’t do a ‘good enough job’, get fined out the wazoo.

You get govt out of the things it shallNOT be doing (welfare, sanctuary cities, etc.) and back to that which it SHALL (protecting Citizen Rights\border) and the illegal problem mostly disappears.

I’m all for a wall, if need be. But, it should be the FINAL task in a long laundry list, instead of burdening (or crushing) everyone else.

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What if they don’t want to ask for those proofs that the illegals are here legally?

What if they just want cheap sub-contractors?
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Well, it’s a free country (or, was): Take your chance(s).

Used to be, maybe even more-so today w/ Yelp and the like, word of mouth would be enough to shut down people thought others might wish to avoid. “Hey, guy\co X employs illegals!”.

Let the market decide.

Course, someone burns their house down so Paulo can work for $5\hr cheaper, I’m sure the insurance company would have some say as well...

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What is the problem with stopping ALL benefits to these illegal invaders...including allowing their children to use the schools? Do you love America or are you a hopeless naive romantic? Give them 6 months to self-deport. After that, seize their assets and arrest them for immediat6e deportation.
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?? I think you got the wrong FRiend, I’ve been a BIG proponent to upholding the 5th\13th and ending any\all welfare/crony Capitalism.

Hell, I think schools, and many other ‘govt services’ should return to service orientated: Those who use PAY.

>I don’t think it should be abolished, as there are some food needy people. It should go backwards in time. Government trucks/distribution warehouse should make available basic staples, like they used to. Beans, canned pork, some of that orange cheese, rice, sugar. It shouldn’t be a luxury charge program, or worse yet, delivered straight to your welfare door.
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Yet another example of WHY we’re in the boat we’re in\lose the debate before word one. “I think we shouldn’t violate the Constitution...except in *this* instance...”. (Facepalm)

Whom defines ‘needy’ better than those whose time\$$ is being DONATED? There’s certainly very little ‘poor’ in this country.
How long before a ‘fixed’ system turns into the same quagmire that it is today?

We either have a 5th\13th+, or we don’t.

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Yeah. The author gives your average, dupe on the street, way too much credit. Your current crop of college ...graduates, (LOL!!) over the last ten years, are just not all that bright and little more than angry infants; now looking for someone else to be Mommy and Daddy.
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IMO, I’m not so sure if it’s more of a perceived injustice (shape\matter\form). Just my $.02, but I think we’ll be seeing a tete-a-tete of young vs. retired when they start realizing the tax burden the GOVT is imposing upon them for the Ponzi schemes promised (and rightfully so).

Unfort., the ‘everyone in college’ thinking just = more govt indoctrination. Real life is going to bring that into focus RIGHT QUICK.

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SO how would you deal with self-employed illegals who are not using any government services?
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I’d say that’s another unicorn (not using any taxpayer provided ‘services’) but, to answer your question: The same as I’d hope every OTHER Citizen would do. AKA: their due diligence (IE: Ask for their license and insurance, verify their references and the like).

Now, you talking picking lettuce\tomatoes\seasonal work...

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NO! Enforce e-Verify on ALL EMPLOYERS for current and future workers, wither temporary, part-time, or full-time. No exceptions. Make it a felony for anyone, even a private citizen hiring a lawn care worker or maid, to hire an illegal alien. No jobs, no illegal aliens. Simplest, most direct solution that really costs the taxpayer nothing being making e-Verify work, simple, and be accessible to everyone.
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Sorry, no. 1) No more foisting upon the masses that which is solely the authority of govt (see: employer mandated h-care and the like). 2) As a once Free nation, I have issues requiring ‘permission’ from the govt to work\live. Making it accessible to everyone creates, yet another, large bureaucracy of sloth and ineptitude (records would never be update, let alone complete)....no thanks.

As Ann, and I in the past, have said: end welfare. Not just for illegals, but any\all *ALL* welfare (we have a 5th\13th\9th\10th specifically stating why\so).

Now, I’m ALL for the fines (firing, loss of benefits and jail) for ANYONE in *GOVT* failing to uphold the law.

Lastly, I think we can agree upon amnesty.

Life Support? Refutation? I want whatever the author is smoking, imbibing!

Man on the street 95% of the time couldn’t tell you our form of govt, or the 3 branches of govt. Let alone the (R), being the small govt types that they say they are, recently gave us the DHS, NSA, TSA and the largest expansion of Medi-X in recent history (can’t forget the open checkbook for Zero too).

Dude is delusional on all fronts.

This wouldn’t be necessary...if govt followed the Constitution.

That’s a WHOLE LOT under the umbrella of ‘this’, and the GOP\(R)\(C) haven’t done squat; except for the exact OPPOSITE of their platform and election year promises.

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Because Congress has been able to fix so much, and punish those responsible for the corruption and law breaking of the Executive Branch, DOJ, IRS, et al.
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Well, it *IS* an election year and....Hey, I didn’t get a ‘Harrumph’ outta that guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTmfwklFM-M

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The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anyone

I guess The Fourth Amendment will soon be as dead as The Tenth Amendment.
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Soon? It’s been dead for 100yrs+ (~when the 16th was ‘passed’)....along w/ the presumption of innocence.

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If only other states would do the same...
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You mean support, uphold and follow the Constitution? Hell, we have a cabal in D.C. that doesn’t; what’s to stop the States from doing the same??

Before the kudos go out: Was the ‘law’ coaxed in Constitutional law (”Whereas the 2nd A. reaffirms the inalienable Rights of all Men...”) or merely another facade of lawfulness on an otherwise illegal\unconstitutional infringement?

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If it were up to me I’d say voting age is 30, and I am not that old myself.
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Not on age...but tax PAYERS: Anyone would actually PAID gets to vote. Not those @ 0% or EITC ‘refunded’. Hell, I’d put the same on the ability to donate (min., IMO, should be based on ‘ability to pull the lever’). Plenty of young entrepreneurs that would get the shaft based on age.

Forgot reason #1:

You work for a living and resent being an economic slave by illegal\unconstitutional ‘laws’, contrary to the inalienable Rights, reaffirmed by our Constitution.

IOW: Believing you own the fruits of your own labor.

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“...and his fishing privileges permanently revoked.”

Not that I condone what these guys were doing, but I think the Founding Fathers would slap anyone who could write that sentence with a straight face.
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True enough. The idea of the ‘king’s waters\forest’ would be abhorrent to ‘em.

Sad, but, as you can read here, even the (R)\(C) have their own Fascist oxs that dare not get gored.

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If he is an immigrant, legal or not, send him home since he can no longer support himself. Else let his family or someone else sponsor him. Bottom line, he should not become a burden on US taxpayers due to his criminal behavior.
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Now, *that’s* a hoot. This is CA we’re talking about, land of the Reconquest.

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The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has set a “mid-September” deadline for Johnson and the other third-party candidates to meet three criteria to qualify for the first debate later this month: “evidence of constitutional eligibility,” “evidence of ballot access” and “indicators of electoral support.”
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IMO, “indicators of electoral support” and “nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates” are anti-thesis of our Republic.

The ideas, regardless of ‘merit’ of any group, should be an option for all People’s of *any* election.

I only see an under-handed way to keep the public duped as to their choices and the debate of ideas of the Uniparty\2-party-Cartel. EG: It’s been ~40yrs of ‘Me too’ or political-speak when it comes to illegals\etc. Exactly because of this sham.

I’d bet $$ to doughnuts, asking the SAME people “How much should a company charge for glo-bull warming: to be paid by someone ELSE...”

It would show, again and again, just how generous people are with OTHER people’s $$

> End 90% of social programs and poverty will fix itself. Step 1...expell every single wetback from the country Step 2...substantially tighten the welfare requirements for those between 16 and 70 Step 3...problem solved > 90?? 100% Slavery ended 150yrs ago and was resurrected in the 50's/60's. “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” ― James Madison We either HAVE Rights, a affirmed by our Constitution, or we don't.

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Say it loud and clear that the OBAMA EPA and Democratic politicians in Michigan are absolutely culpable.

Good to show up, but let the entire country know who’s responsible and WHY.
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Correct. DT should be pointing out the 50+yr DEM control and $$$ that were never spend appropriately.

I only hope (though, doubt, hearing him speak about national maternity leave), he keeps it all ‘local’. No reason for the other 56 States to pitch-in for the failings of one.

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If you’re in favor of punitive taxes for health reasons here, are you opposed to punitive taxes on sodas? Candy? Junk food? Fast food?
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Why stop at the ‘obviously bad’? Sports (rock climbing, running [bad for the knees+], contact (football, rugby), etc.)? Drinking? Hell, getting out of BED in the morning has a greater risk of heart-attack, down to the how\when\frequency of coitus\gay....

Once the ‘payment’ is made by the TAXPAYER, it behooves the same to keep claims\payouts *low*. And any\all actions thus become ‘fair game’.

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I’m in favor of raising the tax on cigarettes. The iron law of supply and demand says an increase in price will result in a decrease in demand.

ECON 101
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There’s a 2nd corollary, that will spring, up as well: ‘illegal’ activity\underground (black\grey) market(s).

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Democrats had claimed the reduction, along with other voting changes, disproportionately burdened black voters and those who lean Democratic.
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Well, since it’s a burden, we should ‘level the playing field’ and do away completely w/ ‘early voting’: Everyone votes on the single day.

Solution too easy for the Left.

Wouldn’t it be great if we were a Republic w/ a written Constitution that forbid the govt of plundering the Treasury for that which it has NO authority?

Just think how great to be FREE of economic servitude to any other entity but you and yours.

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...but the US depends on a lot of the world to handle the production and service of its economy, and buy its debt. It would be very easy for our “partners” to use UN influence to restructure their relationships with us to be more favorable to their side, and we’d have little to no recourse...
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Well, SH!T, sign me up, FRiend. One more nail in the fiat Federal Reserve? America having to, again, make it ‘Made in the USA’?

Exactly what were the downsides again?

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Too many feel gooders today apparently have ZERO comprehension skills ref. “infringed”. Notice the following, “shall have the right to keep and bear arms, and they need no permission or regulation of law for that purpose.” Kinda clear to me. Makes you wonder when all this garbage started. Was it the roaring 30’s when criminals put a bad light on gun owners? Was it back as far as some of the old west towns that “forbade” cowpokes from bearing their arms inside the city limits? Just one of the reasons I don’t care for “needing” a “permit” from the state to be armed. You can bet a progressive scotus appointment would not lean in the direction of the bill of rights.
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30’s? IIRC, it was the uppity Negro whom started it all: Free Man = 2nd A. protections. DEMs couldn’t (still can’t) allow THAT to happen...

Right up there w/ those uppity Jazz musicians and their reefer madness (”Where all the white women at?”)

Unfort., the destruction of life, property, etc. will NEVER effect Merkel herself.

Their ivory walls and towers are ALWAYS manned to the teeth. The rabble outside....

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What part of the Constitution do you believe is being violated?

Private banks were issuing their own money prior to 1913. They even printed their own currency. This was called ‘bank money’ or ‘credit money’ during the gold standard era to differentiate it from money backed by gold. JP Morgan, America’s largest banker, used to perform most of the functions of the Fed without any government oversight. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Fed because by 1907 the US banking system had grown too large for a private banker to backstop during a crisis.
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You mean, what part(s) ISN’T\AREN’T??

Is banking/finance one of those areas where their limited Congressional power, given over to a 3rd-party\bureaucracy (usually with an expansion of said power(s)), somehow still retains Constitutional muster?

Your contending that a NON-Fed. entity is\was somehow BETTER able to handle functions of Fed. govt instead...so, what’s the big whoop??

Borrow $$, mint actual $$, define the weights\measures thereof?? Just what *ARE* those ‘other functions’ better handled that the Fed. Govt (Putting aside, for now, the idea that Congress HAS the ability to hand over said functions).

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The market may be freer than you believe.
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The NFL, and the like, don’t (couldn’t?) exist w/out the monopoly provided by government.

I don’t see\consider that being Free Market.

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If the players continue this nonsense, I believe a movement will start to boycott the NFL on television, which is where its real money is made.
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Time will tell. Unfort., I’m of the mind, the masses won’t be turning off the game, requesting refunds, cancelling their sports packages, etc. anytime in the near future.

>Thanks Mr.Cheney and Liz.

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Did B\C even ATTEMPT to win the war (’hearts and minds’)? They sure didn’t do SH!T to protect the homeland (open borders). Hell they created and championed MORE Fascism and Federalism (DHS, TSA, NSA), casting each Citizen as a potential threat instead of stemming the ‘welcome mat’ flow from the M.E.

So, excuse me if I fail to stand-up and cheer for the last 15yrs. of do-NOTHING from D.C. and their cabal; while they place further burden upon the FREE peoples of this once Republic.

Liability standards? Just what liability does the product inherently contain?

Can one sue for the black thumb\medical bill hit by a hammer?
Is the vehicle responsible for the rear-end collision?

Far as I understand, most firearms have near lifetime warranties. Bad spring, frame, etc.? Send it in and it’ll ‘magically’ come back in pristine fashion.

Say, AG Headcase, can you define INFRINGE? Please contrast with GOVT disallowing the sale\ownership of a tool\product.

Yes, we all know the pretzel logic they wish to utilize to whittle down our INALIENABLE Rights.