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In reply to the discussion: Can we please please stop doing this? [View all]DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)But the key argument is this:
Referencing the 2nd Amendment, all of these mass shootings are neither "well-regulated" nor done by "militias." Nor are the types of weapons used even remotely close to the single bullet shot guns denoted by the Constitution.
ONLY a program of serious gun regulation, beginning with the banning of assault rifles and moving on to background checks, will begin to honor the 2nd Amendment.
The Republicans ALWAYS quote "the right to bear arms" and leave out the conditions. DUMB and LAZY journalists, politicians and citizens never bother to read the Constitution.
We're all complicit if we don't read what the 2nd Amendment actually says. (And don't let any smart asses tell you the wording is ambiguous. Supreme Court judges have robustly approved of regulation in the past. The NRA used to approve of regulation).
Entertainment media and sugary, fatty "foods" have begun to consume America's brains.