jlf1961
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Joined: 6/10/2008 From: Somewhere Texas Status: offline
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Yes, I admit your plan will work. You think the NRA is going to not take it all the way to the conservative supreme court we have and get the bill declared unconstitutional? They will fight it on infringement grounds, and with the court we have they will win. Look, if they get a comprehensive ban in place it will not do anything about the ones already in public hands, and if it is not specified it will not do anything about the thousands waiting to be shipped in warehouses. It just stopped the manufacture of them. You and mike get a properly comprehensive ban in the works, and I will support it. You have the word of a Ranger. You want to make sure the ones already in private hands never show up in our schools, in the hands of a kid or deranged adult, get the government to redirect some of the defense budget to making our schools secure. The US spends 58% of the money spent on defense around the world. Who the hell is going to take us on? No country. The biggest threat is international terrorists, and between me and you, the military machine is not equipped or trained to fight a war against that kind of enemy. So far this year, they have spent 695.7 billion dollars on defense. I am being realistic, and a natural pessimist.
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Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don't you think? You cannot control who comes into your life, but you can control which airlock you throw them out of. Paranoid Paramilitary Gun Loving Conspiracy Theorist AND EQUAL OPPORTUNI
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