Quote:We are a few decades overdue for a revolution and none of these 2nd amendment obsessors are using arms to combat tyranny. As lazy as we have become as a nation, Jefferson's words fall on deaf and incapable ears. The Tree of Liberty is dying of thirst.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it’s natural manure."


Maybe we are overdue. I'm not condoning revolution, but the second amendment was intended to keep the government in check. It wasn't about muskets and such.

Quote:Didn't realize they had AR-15's during the Jefferson era.  Anyway, I think there is a happy medium.  I'm quite ok with people owning certain rifles and handguns but don't think anyone other than law enforcement and authorized shooting gallaries should own assault rifles.

AR-15 rifles are the bogeyman of 2016. They are not technically assault weapons, but libs love to mischaracterize them as such. They are no more dangerous than a Glock 17 or like semi automatic weapon with a high capacity magazine. I have 30 round mags I use at the range regularly at the range when shooting my Glock. It could do as much, if not more damage than the bogeyman you've chosen in the wrong hands.

Quote:The NRA has been selling that line of bull the entire Obama presidency. Sandy Hook was the litmus test. So far, zero guns taken. Zero laws passed to prevent people on terrorist watch lists or who have been diagnosed with mental disorders from getting AR-15s in under an hour. But the sky is falling. They're coming for our guns!!! (As record profits to the gun industry roll in.) "You won't be able to stop it." Please. There are more known guns, forgotten guns and ghost guns in America than any ten governments could ever try to reclaim. It will be a sad day when you realize how stupid you are for buying into this absurd theory.

No background check was going to stop Sandy Hook. The checks in place should weed out those who shouldn't be permitted to buy any firearm. Still, those checks wouldn't have prevented that shooting.


Military weapons and fully automatic guns are already banned in the US. Just because a gun looks like a military weapon doesn't make it one.

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