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babylonsister

(172,803 posts)
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 10:53 AM Apr 2013

Lawmaker Recommends Bullet Proof Vests

Now they want to protect themselves from what they've created.




http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/07/lawmaker_recommends_bullet_proof_vests.html

Lawmaker Recommends Bullet Proof Vests

Arizona state Rep. Bob Thorpe (R) sent an email to colleagues "inviting them to an event at the State Capitol to learn about tactical vests," KNXV-TV reports.

Thorpe wrote that the purpose of the event is "to inform our members about the costs and options for those wishing to purchase a vest for personal use, for example at town halls, parades and other events."

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hack89

(39,181 posts)
6. We keep hearing the government has no desire to take away our guns
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:11 AM
Apr 2013

do you know something we don't know?

Peregrine

(992 posts)
7. Really?
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:14 AM
Apr 2013

It would be cheaper to:

Add police to enforce the ban.
Add prosecutors to prosecute the cases.
Clog the courts.
Fill the jail cells.
Fight civil liberty lawsuits.
Defend the law in the federal courts.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
9. Don't need any ground troops at all. All you need is ONE SCOTUS change in the next decade or two
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:19 AM
Apr 2013

and like teen drunk driving, zero tolerance.

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