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To: Greybird
Lincoln trampled constantly on the First Amendment.

As long as he, or anyone else, leaves the Second Amendment alone.

14 posted on 02/12/2003 2:15:52 PM PST by elbucko
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To: elbucko
As long as he, or anyone else, leaves the Second Amendment alone.

No. He trampled on that one too. I've got a copy of the execution order that one of his generals in the infamous army of Sherman issued for one of my ancestors. It instructs the yankee troops to go to his farm in Tennessee and specifically says to confiscate the firearms. It also tells them loot the place of anything of value and burn the house to the ground. He was one of several civilians on the same list. My best guess is they specified firearms seizures in the order to ensure that their victims had no chance of self defense when they learned they were going to be shot.

Oh, and their "crime" - refusing to reveal the location of local confederate troops to a division patrolling Sherman's supply lines. In other words, refusing to rat out their friends, family members, and neighbors for a certain execution.

49 posted on 02/17/2003 12:41:48 AM PST by GOPcapitalist
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