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Old 26th December 2018, 03:04 AM   #716
Baylor
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Originally Posted by Nessie View Post
Wrong about what?
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The 2nd is worded exactly now as it was when it first appeared. Interpretations have not altered the basic tenet that it means citizens have the right to firearms and there has been very little compromise on that tenet
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By mythical I mean [the second amendment of the US Constitution] cannot be touched, altered or tampered with in any way. It has remained exactly as it is now, since it first appeared in 1791.
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The high esteem for guns in the USA comes from history; from the 2nd amendment in 1791, through the "wild west" and the importance of the gun in the settlement and creation of the USA, to not having had to directly face the horrors of modern warfare on US civilians.
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The US population have been armed forever
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Or, disturbingly, shooting them [is] THE method of dealing with them.
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your tu quo que argument is a fallacy.
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You hate having that pointed out, because it is an affront to American exceptionalism, rights and freedoms.

Last edited by Baylor; 26th December 2018 at 03:26 AM.
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