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| (...) carried (...) Why should that be limited to man-portable weapons. I disagree. Since the ponit of the 2nd is clearly to keep the citizens armed to the point where they can reject the government, then all ordnance available to the government (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) When the 2nd was written, cutting-edge weapons technology took about a minute to load a single shot. Today, how long does anyone realistically think that anything other than a phenomenally large group of organized, trained, private civilians (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) they (...) What does this rebut? I hear people make arguments based on the idea that the founders didn't know what weapons would be like, but I never really get how that matters. The point is that the people must have access to weapons (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, whenever anyone trots out the "but there are loonies out there with guns who shoot people" I trot out the example of the Texas McD massacre in which one victim, who lost her father or brother, I forget, but who got off scot free, said (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I guess it'll have to be another bazooka for me again this year, then! Dave! (25 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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