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jmg257

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32. Ha - as usual - words of wisdom! (And what I have been saying all along ;))
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 12:43 PM
Apr 2013

You love this stuff - wondering when you might join in!

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I renounce my 2nd amendment right [View all] jimmy the one Mar 2013 OP
Okay. nt rrneck Mar 2013 #1
Thanks for explaining all of that. Many of us agree with you completely. freshwest Mar 2013 #2
Thanks for the notification. Flatulo Mar 2013 #3
the rich were still the rich back then pasto76 Mar 2013 #4
I read that as "chased a duck through a parking lot" Robb Mar 2013 #6
In his defense Orrex Mar 2013 #10
If everyone did as you have done than only nobody would have guns. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #5
So what is the "real" 2013 meaning of the 2A? Is it a complete anachronism? geckosfeet Mar 2013 #7
An anachronism because of the Civil War. And now willfully misinterpreted. Loudly Mar 2013 #16
Fine with me. It's a free country. closeupready Mar 2013 #8
Well you really don't have to relinguish any Right Whoopdedoo Mar 2013 #9
I don't own any guns mercymechap Mar 2013 #11
That’s just like, your opinion, man... Malik Agar Mar 2013 #12
Almost Funny. Mine Was Taken ProgressiveJarhead Mar 2013 #13
I agree with you. airplaneman Mar 2013 #14
As long as guns are legal, MicaelS Mar 2013 #15
The mental health aspect is all fine and wonderful... and totally unrealistic. world wide wally Mar 2013 #17
I gave mine up for Lent. jmg257 Mar 2013 #18
Spot on, Jimmy! CapnSteve Mar 2013 #19
How would the free states end slave patrols? Nothing at all about jmg257 Mar 2013 #21
OK, Let me fill in the gaps for you... CapnSteve Apr 2013 #24
Familiar with all that. So how could the congress dis-ban the state militias? jmg257 Apr 2013 #25
You are confusing federal militias with state militias (aka slave patrols)... CapnSteve Apr 2013 #26
Not at all. You are wrong here. The Constitution uses the term "the Militia" jmg257 Apr 2013 #27
OK, now you are just playing with semantics... CapnSteve Apr 2013 #28
Semantics?? What we are REALLY illustrating here is the VERY VALID USE of STATE militias jmg257 Apr 2013 #30
Because there was no federal militias, the congress had powers... jmg257 Apr 2013 #29
revanchism jimmy the one Apr 2013 #31
Ha - as usual - words of wisdom! (And what I have been saying all along ;)) jmg257 Apr 2013 #32
Just don't give up my 2A rights for me. ileus Mar 2013 #20
You are certainly free to do so. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #22
revisionist history - 2ndA jimmy the one Mar 2013 #23
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