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  • JohnMcClane

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    I thought this was a solid write up by Nick Leghorn on thetruthaboutguns.com

    "Whenever gun control advocates make their pitch for adding still more firearms-restricting laws to the books, there’s one theme that they continually use to wrap their agenda in: safety. They want to make the world a safer place. For the children. And who could be against that? But there’s an important caveat they make about the safety they seek: according to them, guns make them feel unsafe. Feel. And there’s where the problem lies . . ."

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    AA&E

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    But... but... we have to do SOMETHING! ! The gun control advocates don't care if their policies are effective. It's about control and chipping away, little by little, at the foundation of the second amendment. Any victory on their part provides momentum....
     
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