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billh58

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6. Stand your ground is

Reply to lark (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:09 AM

Apr 2020

nothing more than legalized vigilantism and an incentive to carry out summary executions. It is the answer to every gun humper's dreams of becoming another famous "public protector" like George Zimmerman.

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