SpinnerofTales
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ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales Can someone plese tell me what situation you think is going to come up where you will reasonably NEED an assault rifle handy? Or is it just this complete misinterpetation what the right to bear arms was put in the constitution for in the first place that makes you all freak out anytime someone tries to put any kind of gun control in place? First of all, I know the amendment. Thank you very much. However, as pointed out, the founding fathers framed the second amendment with the idea that sometime down the line, another revolution would become necessary to bring down the government and bring a new one into power. To quote Thomas Jefferson, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Now, is is anybody's opinion that there is any way that the private citizenry is going to be able to match tanks, jets, grenades, bazookas and all the other hardware at the disposal of the government? It aint just a question of "we have muskets, they have muskets" anymore. We're seriously outgunned and will continue to be no matter how many 9mm's or sub machine guns that you own. And as nice as it would be for us all to be allowed to have our own personal tacticle nuclear weapons, it's kind of impracticle. But since you hold the constitution so sacrocent....do you have any qualms with amendments other than the second being taken away? I would have had a lot more respect for you second amendment folk if you had viewed the Patriot Act as a huge violation of our rights against illegal search and seizure, our rights to privacy and so on. Why is it the second amendment is the only one that the gun folks seem to get up in arms about? (pardon the pun)
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