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In reply to the discussion: So the Dolt45 tax plan kicks in ... [View all]aggiesal
(10,982 posts)18. They obviously have never read the 2nd amendment ...
or the Federalist Papers (28 & 43 I believe, I'll have to look it up again)
where the creators of our Constitution debated through these Papers
how/why we needed the second amendment.
2nd Amendment states:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The 2nd amendment was debated not because individual would be afraid that
the Federal government would become too strong and overrun its citizens, they
were afraid that the Federal government would become too strong and overrun
the states.
To keep this from happening, the first part of the amendment was included.
They even debated how to keep a well regulated militia, by requiring the militia
to meet one weekend each month for practice.
Does this sound familiar?
It should because that how the State and National Guard operate.
They even limited how many troops the Federal Government could have during
peace time to 55,000 troops, so that they couldn't overrun any state.
So I tell my RWNJ friends, if they want to keep their guns, sign up for Guard duty.
I have no problem with people owning guns, but a requirement for owning a gun
should be mandatory Guard Duty, as the Constitution framers wanted it.
Then when they are called up to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, maybe they'll change
their minds about owning a gun.
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It's not a millionaire thing. Lots of households make $100K a year with two wage earners.
haele
Mar 2019
#21
In some areas it is...but make no mistake these people are upper middle class - they are doing
UniteFightBack
Mar 2019
#30
With a 30 - 40 year mortgage and a hefty down-payment (usually a small inheritance or family "loan")
haele
Mar 2019
#23
There are other SALT deductions that are capped and those are payroll related. Also if you have more
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#8
Militia, State or National Guard service was never a prerequisite to gun ownership in the U.S.
meathead
Mar 2019
#24
Yet gun ownership in America has always been an individual right not linked to the miltia
hack89
Mar 2019
#31
You just never get it. No one is discussing this with you. Keep screaming at the wind.
Squinch
Mar 2019
#54
I remember reading that this extremely wide interpretation of the second amendment
Karadeniz
Mar 2019
#56
With all the important stuff going on in USA, there are still a few for whom GUNZ are all important.
Hoyt
Mar 2019
#57
Yet none of them spoke about individual rights concerning guns at the Constitutional Convention ...
aggiesal
Mar 2019
#71
A person that owns a business having a down year in revenue can easily rack that up.
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#63
I think the rule is if you file early, you expect a return, file later expect to pay.
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#64