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Racism and the Second Amendment
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| 9-8-02
| Ken Hamblin
Posted on 09/08/2002 11:45:20 AM PDT by Pat Bateman
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To: MileHi
EXACTLY!
for a free dixie,sw
To: stand watie; mafree
In postbellum America, while white men were free to carry long guns in their saddle scabbards or later in their pickup racks, a black man walking abroad with such a weapon could be in deep trouble. Therefore, black men "uppity" enough to arm themselves in readiness to defend their families and their property found it necessary to carry more easily concealable handguns. Restore Released Felons' Rights -- All Their Rights
To: genefromjersey
when you're retired, and living on a fixed income, you make the best of what you have. Being retired myself, I understand completely. I was fortunate enough to recently retire to an area which we had always loved, the Blue Ridge mountains of north GA. The cost of living here is somewhat less than it was in our former location (FL). Still, we have found it necessary to considerably alter our lifestyle to meet our new income level.
One of the factors which attacted me to this area is the relatively low level of restrictive firearms laws. I am free to own as many fireams as I can afford without any licencing or registration hassles, and I have availed myself of the opportunity to aquire a GA concealed weapons permit which is also honored in many of the states we hope to visit. Needless to say, NJ isn't on my short list of places to visit. Anyway, best of luck to you in your retirement Gene, and don't let the gun-grabbing libs up there get you down.
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09/10/2002 3:32:16 PM PDT
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epow
To: epow
Oops, make that "licensing', not "licencing". I have to start using the preview feature.
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posted on
09/10/2002 3:48:01 PM PDT
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epow
To: stand watie
and NO it was NOT enforced, unless the LEO thought you were "up to no good".Thanks for the info, I kind of thought that was the way it was handled. I know that such characters as Ben Thompson, John Wesley Hardin, and Luke Short regularly carried guns in TX in the old days, and not many people would have tried to disarm those folks.
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09/10/2002 4:08:06 PM PDT
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epow
To: epow
darn near everyone in my home county "carries" at one time or another. even my 89 years YOUNG mother has a long- barrelled Colt's Woodsman, which she carries on the farm for snakes and other critters.
free dixie,sw
To: stand watie
Bump- I hear ya pal.
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09/11/2002 9:19:16 PM PDT
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mafree
To: mafree
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