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Feb 2013
Feb 2013
There are some sound policy goals in Rep Huizenga’s letter; Amidst some ass-covering verbiage…
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Jan 2013
Jan 2013
President Barack H. Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Dear Mr. President:
I am writing to address the issues of firearms and firearm-related incidents plaguing The United States of America.
I had an epiphany recently; I suddenly saw, in very stark terms, that “assault weapons,” and all that customarily accompanies such weapons (e.g., high-capacity magazines), are protected by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Further, any typical “squad-level” weapon, such as an M-60 machine gun, LAW rockets, and M-203 40 MM grenade-launchers, also are protected by the Constitution.
Before I go on to explain my [ ... ]
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Jan 2013
Jan 2013
The Political Carnival posted several 2nd Amendment political cartoons, and I was struck by one of them in an unexpected way. The cartoon in question is this:
More powerful weapons than we’d like to believe are covered by 2nd Amendment rights and freedoms. Think about it; The Founders only knew of singe-shot, black-powder weapons. But they were state-of-the-art. They were what was needed to defend a country.
Unfortunately, assault weapons fit that category today. I don’t like the conclusion I’ve come to here. I do like assault weapons, simply because they are what I’m familiar with, [ ... ]
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