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NYT Columnist: Let's Repeal the Second Amendment
townhall.com ^ | 2/17/2018 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 02/18/2018 10:02:29 AM PST by rktman

Back in October, after the Las Vegas Shooting, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens argued that the Second Amendment should be repealed. Since Wednesday's shooting in South Florida, Stephens' OpEd has re-circulated across social media, which eventually led to another OpEd pushing for repealing the Second Amendment.

Then there are the endless liberal errors of fact. There is no “gun-show loophole” per se; it’s a private-sale loophole, in other words the right to sell your own stuff. The civilian AR-15 is not a true “assault rifle,” and banning such rifles would have little effect on the overall murder rate, since most homicides are committed with handguns. It’s not true that 40 percent of gun owners buy without a background check; the real number is closer to one-fifth.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; bagnlist; guncontrol
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To: rktman
This one could have been avoided pretty easily. First, do this, always: Tell authorities when you spot a genuine weirdo, as multiple people did this time. The cops were very familiar with this guy and multiple citizens warned them. So this one is on failed law enforcement. Then do one of the following, but only one. 1. Removed gun free status and allow teachers, staff and parents to CC like they can anywhere else. 2. Keep it gun free, but if you are going to disarm the innocent, make it like courthouses and airplanes. i.e. Take full responsibility for the safety of those from whom you've taken away the freedom to protect themselves. And own in LEGALLY. i.e. a shooter gets in, expect to get sued by the family of every single victim. Option one or option two. Please pick one.
21 posted on 02/18/2018 10:12:04 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: rktman

Right after we repeal parts of the First Amendment.


22 posted on 02/18/2018 10:12:11 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: rktman

-—agreed-—my byline applies—


23 posted on 02/18/2018 10:12:52 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: Jim 0216

Silly me. It’s just like the right to abortions. Right? And the right to own a car. Well maybe not the car since they are heavily regulated right. Sure you’ve seen the register guns like cars plan being touted by people who have no clue as to what they are talking about. Sigh. Knew this was coming Wednesday when we first heard about it.


24 posted on 02/18/2018 10:13:25 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Repealing the Second Amendment won’t help. Not with the dozens of systemic failures surrounding this case.


25 posted on 02/18/2018 10:13:41 AM PST by Lazamataz (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing 14 times in a row.)
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To: VideoPaul

Molon Labe


26 posted on 02/18/2018 10:13:44 AM PST by Blue Highway
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....???...yo Bret,why don’t you take that sentiment down to Georgia... or better yet south Philly @ 3am....two different locals,two different reasons....both will get the same result,your arse hovering about an inch below your earlobes


27 posted on 02/18/2018 10:15:20 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: rktman

Better solution. Let’s specifically exclude ie close down the NY Times as it is a weaponized entity against the 1st Amendment and the Constitution generally.


28 posted on 02/18/2018 10:16:23 AM PST by Lent
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To: rktman
NYT Columnist: Let's Repeal the Second Amendment

Better Idea: let's impose the Death Penalty for Media False Witness!

29 posted on 02/18/2018 10:16:33 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: rktman

Bret Stephens is not his real name.


30 posted on 02/18/2018 10:16:41 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: rktman

Just takes support from 38 states and winning a civil war against a by-definition heavily armed opposition.


31 posted on 02/18/2018 10:16:55 AM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: rktman

And she’s got a degree...in journalism?


32 posted on 02/18/2018 10:17:13 AM PST by FrankR (An armed society is a polite society.)
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To: rktman

The Declaration of Independence spells out some of our most important God-given (not man- or government-given) rights. That is why the Declaration of Independence is so important in understanding the presumptions of the Constitution.


33 posted on 02/18/2018 10:18:58 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: glennaro

No silly. Beth just posited the townhall article. The culprit is bret stephens. RECALCULATING! LOL!


34 posted on 02/18/2018 10:22:21 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman
Oops! My most humble apology to Ms. Baumann, Double YIKES, in fact!!

Thanks for calling me on it rktman.

35 posted on 02/18/2018 10:26:18 AM PST by glennaro
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To: ClearCase_guy

Great reply. I would finish it off though ... tyrants and weasels like the NYT actually would have their freedoms defended by those who cherish and safeguard the 2nd Amendment - the very people they hate.

The 2nd Amendment did not cause this problem. Other things did and if they were honest about it, they would admit to how much has been caused by their political and cultural leftism. Again, they are trying to advance their agenda on the suffering and deaths of others.


36 posted on 02/18/2018 10:26:48 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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To: rktman

It should always be remembered that this is the same NY Times that used Gatling guns for defense during the 1863 Draft Riots.


37 posted on 02/18/2018 10:28:42 AM PST by walkerk
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To: rockrr

“Leftists lie - it’s what they do.”

Yes yes yes. It’s all they have, because logic, reason, fact and natural law defeat their arguments, which exist upon emotion and falsehood.

Proggies are adult children, intellectual adolescents, developmentally retarded by our pubic school teachers for decades. Gov teachers, MSM and lawyers — enemies within. Harsh but true.


38 posted on 02/18/2018 10:29:26 AM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: rellimpank
🔫🍿🍻🇺🇸. Mine applies as well. 😹
39 posted on 02/18/2018 10:31:20 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Before giving up guns, America must storm the New York Times and smash the presses.


40 posted on 02/18/2018 10:31:24 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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