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Citizen's Voice: Time to repeal 2nd Amendment
knoxnews.com ^ | Jan 22, 2011 | Frank Greene

Posted on 01/22/2011 6:55:59 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae

The recent Arizona tragedy has, of course, brought the entire issue of firearms control to the front of our national consciousness, along with the usual assortment of bloviators, pundits and podium thumpers. At the risk of being considered one of them, I would like to offer several alternatives to address the problem.

n Repeal the Second Amendment. At the time of its writing and through the early 1900s, The United States was a nation of largely isolated communities that depended on their own initiative for mutual security.

That time is clearly passed...

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KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; bloviator; donttreadonme; nutjob; reichstagfire; shallnotbeinfringed
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Sounds like the author, Frank Green, is projecting. A favorite pastime of the cowardly political left.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

61 posted on 01/22/2011 9:57:23 AM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: hoosierham

I don’t think he was denigrating small caliber firearms. Just pointing out that if you’re in a close quarters encounter with one or more thugs (i.e. home defense) a short barrelled shotgun is the ultimate weapon for many reasons. For example, a Mossberg 930SPX with 18 inch barrel loaded with 2 3/4 No. 1 buck shot could be handled easily and accurately by your wife, GA girl or anyone. I guarantee you one shot from this weapon versus the 22 mag would make a world of difference when your life in on the line. You don’t have to be an expert marksman with this weapon to put a lot of holes in someone in an instant.


62 posted on 01/22/2011 9:58:18 AM PST by ImNotLying
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To: harpu

The Bill of Rights, the amendments, merely RECOGNIZE God given rights, there’s nothing to ‘’repeal’’. If the shooter in Ariz. had been a muzzie on a ‘’jihad’’ these same nuts would be busy minimizing it and the MSM would excusing it any way they could think of.


63 posted on 01/22/2011 10:03:30 AM PST by Waco (From Seward to Sarah.)
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To: Joe Brower

Be Ever Vigilant!


64 posted on 01/22/2011 10:12:26 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: deoetdoctrinae
The Colonel seems to be pining for those "good old days" prior to Heller and McDonald. Places like Chicago banned guns and became the disarmed utopia promised by liberals, ... no, wait, that didn't happen, did it?

I wonder if the Colonel has suggested that Al Qaeda agree to disarm, for the good of all.

65 posted on 01/22/2011 10:17:21 AM PST by William Tell
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To: Citizen X_Area 51
I can't wait for some reviews to start rolling in on that thing.

Crossing my fingers that it won't be a POS.

66 posted on 01/22/2011 10:20:42 AM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: deoetdoctrinae
Clearly, the founders had no method of visualizing either modern urban society nor the capabilities of modern weaponry such as the 30-round magazine used by the accused assassin.

They may or may not have, but it's beside the point. The way to look at it that they recognized the citizen's right to be as well armed as the state. This guy's proposals all assume the state is on top and can not only be better armed but dictate to the citizen that they're not as "privileged". Braaaaap! Thanks for playing, simpleton. Now go away.

67 posted on 01/22/2011 10:23:01 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“22 mag weapons kill people every day of the week.”

What about multiple opponents? While you are putting the necessary 5 or 6 rounds into bad guy #1, bad guy #2 has had time to kill you. I can put one round each into both perps in the blink of an eye with my Kimber .45.


68 posted on 01/22/2011 11:36:12 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

I have looked at the KSG and have a problem with knowing when you are out of rounds in tube #1 and need to switch to tube #2. In addition, I would prefer a semi-auto.


69 posted on 01/22/2011 11:38:20 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

I envisioned a mechanism where one tube is primary and the other is backup/manual select. IOW there is a selector and you can use it that way manually like say with different loads in the two tubes, but if you put it on the primary tube, it will automatically switch over to the second tube when the first one empties. Does their selector not work that way?


70 posted on 01/22/2011 11:52:07 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: kittymyrib

When seconds count, Law Enforcement is minutes away.


71 posted on 01/22/2011 12:05:51 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

I don’t ever see the possibility of a retired Marine Colonel ever writing a piece of crap like this.


72 posted on 01/22/2011 12:09:23 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: wjcsux
LOL! That seems highly unlikely.
73 posted on 01/22/2011 12:23:06 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-Free zones are playgrounds for felons)
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To: SVTCobra03

“What about multiple opponents? While you are putting the necessary 5 or 6 rounds into bad guy #1, bad guy #2 has had time to kill you. I can put one round each into both perps in the blink of an eye with my Kimber .45.”

I’ve got back up. A Rambo fiancee’ with a Springfield Armory .40 XDM with match grade trigger and barrel. They keep calling him to be an instructor at Front Sight. Some girls have all the luck.


74 posted on 01/22/2011 12:31:59 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SVTCobra03
I have looked at the KSG and have a problem with knowing when you are out of rounds in tube #1 and need to switch to tube #2.

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That reminds me of the scene in Dirty Harry:

"Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself.

75 posted on 01/22/2011 12:57:07 PM PST by Citizen X_Area 51 ( Obama: Our first Halfrican President)
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To: deoetdoctrinae
knoxnews?. Should be called knucklehead news
76 posted on 01/22/2011 1:45:01 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

I gather the colonel is illustrating the absurdity of Liberal solutions, and makes the conclusion that the best method to reduce the illicit use of ‘weapons’ is through harsher punishment.


77 posted on 01/22/2011 1:57:07 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: wjcsux

>> I don’t ever see the possibility of a retired Marine Colonel ever writing a piece of crap like this.

His message is not all the clear. He does provide reasons why Liberal solutions won’t work.


78 posted on 01/22/2011 1:59:25 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: IMR 4350
[By that argument] There were privately owned cannons and warships, however at the time of the founding; therefore the 2nd MUST apply to cannons and warships today, no?
79 posted on 01/22/2011 4:32:04 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark
Exactly right, a lot of cannons, the military artillery of the day, were privately owned and the FF clearly new it and didn't exclude it, so yes they are clearly covered.
80 posted on 01/22/2011 6:44:20 PM PST by IMR 4350
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