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Gun Control & RKBA

kudzu22

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3. Which is why you have to be very careful

Reply to TupperHappy (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 06:03 PM

Dec 2016

when expanding governmental power, especially Presidential power. You have to anticipate what the worst president in the world would do with that power. They didn't listen to me when they axed the filibuster for nominees. Now, we don't have to imagine what the worst possible president would do....

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Can you imagine the damage Donald Trump would do... [View all] TupperHappy Dec 2016 OP

K&R n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #1

Lot's of folks support this until you signed Trump on the bill. ileus Dec 2016 #2

Which is why you have to be very careful kudzu22 Dec 2016 #3

"You have to anticipate what the worst president in the world would do with that power." pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #4

I also concur. n/t yagotme Dec 2016 #6

It's that old, "Be careful what you wish for" thingy. n/t shadowrider Dec 2016 #7

So noted. Again Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #5

Yup. And once the precedent were established, what other civil liberties... benEzra Dec 2016 #8