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No Wonder They Retired This Asshole
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Klaus Schadenfreude
Aug 1, 2012, 8:39:31 AM8/1/12
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"...our democracy has not been threatened since Aaron Burr's fantasies
in the early 1800s..."
"It seems impossible to banish our gun culture. So, what could
possibly change that situation? In the 1810s, it seemed impossible to
ever banish slavery, but abolitionists refused to accept that."
"As long as the NRA was just another club with fewer than a million
members, the Supreme Court decreed that the Second Amendment gave
state legislatures the right to regulate guns. However, when the NRA
gained between three and four million members and shiny new
headquarters, the Supreme Court adopted the NRA's interpretation that
the Second Amendment guarantees citizens' rights to guns for
self-protection."
Frank N. Egerton is an emeritus history professor.
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/commentary-ending-america-s-gun-violence-means-changing-its-culture/article_4f557016-db8e-11e1-b79c-001a4bcf887a.html
in the early 1800s..."
"It seems impossible to banish our gun culture. So, what could
possibly change that situation? In the 1810s, it seemed impossible to
ever banish slavery, but abolitionists refused to accept that."
"As long as the NRA was just another club with fewer than a million
members, the Supreme Court decreed that the Second Amendment gave
state legislatures the right to regulate guns. However, when the NRA
gained between three and four million members and shiny new
headquarters, the Supreme Court adopted the NRA's interpretation that
the Second Amendment guarantees citizens' rights to guns for
self-protection."
Frank N. Egerton is an emeritus history professor.
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/commentary-ending-america-s-gun-violence-means-changing-its-culture/article_4f557016-db8e-11e1-b79c-001a4bcf887a.html
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