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Old 07-04-2023, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com View Post
A few years ago, I had a nail technician tell me an interesting story. He was from Vietnam and he was telling me about some police officers harassing somebody. I asked why did the local village people allow that to happen? He replied “ there was nothing they could do. The police took all their guns years before.”

I think about that whenever someone tries to take guns away. Thankfully our forefathers were smart enough to put them in the Constitution.
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive View Post
PRECISELY the point.

Every right enumerated in the Bill of Rights is there to protect the citizens from the government. It is ridiculous to believe that only one, the 2nd, is not there for the exact same reason.
Do you honestly picture yourself pulling a gun on a police officer and having it work out well for you?
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