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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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2. According to Second Amendment absolutists,

Reply to Stryst (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:15 PM

Jun 2014

the "well regulated" part of the Second Amendment doesn't mean what it actually says. According to NRA apologists, the phrase actually means, "a squirrel in the pot is better than a broken clock," or something to that effect.

To most Americans, however, "well regulated" means exactly what it says: well controlled, well planned, and well structured.

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