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Obama's Gun Plan: Divide or Conquer

aebe Wrote: Jan 17, 2013 5:49 PM

No ! That is not in the 2nd ! It acknowledges our right to bear arms.Acknowledges,not gives.Places no strictures on it,but one - "Shall not be abridged" very simple and straight forward,it is ignored by progressives.The 2nd also implies an obligation to serve in the militia,which,excepting that it is to be well (Trained) regulated,is not defined. Many of the Founders wrote that the citizenry had a right to put down an abusive government,but,it is not included in the 2nd. See the Constitution. Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights.Carry. Do read it though,so you will know what it is.

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Obama's Gun Plan: Divide or Conquer

If I were president, what would I do in the wake of the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook School shooting, which left 20 first-graders and six adults dead, if I wanted not only to advance an ambitious initiative to reduce gun violence but also to sign a law that actually worked?

To punctuate what is at stake, I might launch my effort, as President Barack Obama did Wednesday, in a ceremony with children who had written to me after the school shooting.

I also might invite children scarred by the daily urban shootings, which don't garner as much media...

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