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    What If The Second Amendment Didn't Exist?

    By Ramona on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 7:48pm | Politics, Social Justice

    Once upon a time, long before The National Rifle Association stopped being a reasonable, responsible hunter's association and became the NRA, the Second Amendment was looked on, if at all, as a remnant of the olden days, when the writers of the Constitution saw fit to assuage the fears of the states by assuring them they could form their own state militias in case the federal government got too bossy, thinking they owned the place.

    These days, even though nothing about it has changed, the Second Amendment is the one and only part of the Constitution actually seen as constitutional by the Right Wing. (Causing certain politicians who don't know what's going on to keep repeating the magic words, "Second Amendment". It gets them votes, so what the hell?)

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    Great piece, Ramona!  Can we please start one of those White House petitions calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment?   It would be fun to watch all the Conservative heads explode!  Seriously ..
     


    by MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/09/2015 - 12:25pm