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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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10. Gun Nuts just can't help themselves

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:19 PM

Apr 2016

can they? Second Amendment absolutists keep spewing the same convoluted NRA, Far Right, Tea Party, Trumpster, interpretation of what is really a very simple sentence.

The Second Amendment was understood, and interpreted, to mean what it actually says since the birth of this nation, until the right-wing Neoconservatives gained control of the Supreme Court. That gave us Bush, Citizens United, and Heller, along with other atrocious rulings, and it has been downhill since then.

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Is this a logical interpretation of the Second Amendment? [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2016 OP

Yep Mike__M Apr 2016 #1

Doesn't that just lead to the conclusion TeddyR Apr 2016 #2

Adding a word that billh58 Apr 2016 #3

THREE Commas. lastlib Apr 2016 #5

Improper use of punctuation can drastically alter meaning, indeed. Electric Monk Apr 2016 #6

Not really - otherwise I wonder what the hell this sentence means, then? jmg257 Apr 2016 #8

The 2nd is a right of the states Buzz cook Apr 2016 #4

2ndA historical context? jimmy the one Apr 2016 #7

I'm not sure about "and by extension". States could not infringe any more the then the feds could. jmg257 Apr 2016 #9

Gun Nuts just can't help themselves billh58 Apr 2016 #10