I wonder how many people on FR would support the government taking their guns as long as they are justly compensated?
Private property is private property. Rights are rights. The right to own a firearm assumes the right to own private property.
As a long time FReeper, I remember the Kelo decision and the united uproar. Now I see folks actually supporting it on this forum...
How far we have come.
"Most of the time, they just want money,” the businessman said. “These people can go buy a house now that's five times bigger and in a better location."
Trump is totally out of touch with an entire spectrum of Americans. He is outside the loop, he has zero comprehension of what it is to live on little to no money, and why money is of secondary importance to many.
I knew a city-born-and-bred kid, probably from a very comfortable family, who "understood" and told me why a 5th generation California rancher and lifelong family friend had politely declined the "opportunity" to sell a small, scenic pasture for $1 million as offered. "He wanted more money," this kid said to me, with a savvy, cynical smile.
That poor dumb bastard kid had ZERO clue, just like Trump has zero clue. The kid didn't know that it wouldn't have mattered if the rancher had been offered $5 million.
The more one learns about Trump, the more one suspects that he is a statist "benefactor" of the little people at heart. He should stay far away from government.