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after the Las Vegas Shooting, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens argued that the Second Amendment should be repealed.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.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Right after we repeal parts of the First Amendment.
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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.
Repealing the Second Amendment won’t help. Not with the dozens of systemic failures surrounding this case.
Molon Labe
....???...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
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.
Better Idea: let's impose the Death Penalty for Media False Witness!
Bret Stephens is not his real name.
Just takes support from 38 states and winning a civil war against a by-definition heavily armed opposition.
And she’s got a degree...in journalism?
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.
No silly. Beth just posited the townhall article. The culprit is bret stephens. RECALCULATING! LOL!
Thanks for calling me on it rktman.
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.
It should always be remembered that this is the same NY Times that used Gatling guns for defense during the 1863 Draft Riots.
“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.
Before giving up guns, America must storm the New York Times and smash the presses.
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