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n2doc

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12. US nut jobs are too soft and weak

Reply to lancer78 (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 12:15 PM

Apr 2015

Living in caves without their fox news would get pretty old quick.

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No, Ted Cruz, the 2nd Amendment doesn�t protect your right to rebellion [View all] n2doc Apr 2015 OP

The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact that allows overthrow of US govt Gothmog Apr 2015 #1

Especially considering just how outgunned they are jeff47 Apr 2015 #4

Dunno, lancer78 Apr 2015 #6

US nut jobs are too soft and weak n2doc Apr 2015 #12

Because we aren't a totalitarian dictatorship willing to annihilate them. jeff47 Apr 2015 #25

indigenous group fighting a foreign army arely staircase Apr 2015 #36

Did you serve in the military? linuxman Apr 2015 #8

The Civil War was pretty brutal n2doc Apr 2015 #11

Different time different attitudes, different circumstances. linuxman Apr 2015 #15

how about protecting the right to vote? samsingh Apr 2015 #16

I'm not sure what you mean in the context of the thread. linuxman Apr 2015 #18

You demonize them just like the "ragheads" in American Sniper jeff47 Apr 2015 #26

against fellow citizens who started the whole thing by attacking the military arely staircase Apr 2015 #37

You mean like Fort Sumter? linuxman Apr 2015 #39

enough to get the job done nt arely staircase Apr 2015 #40

That is not what happens in rebellions. former9thward Apr 2015 #19

And if the military supports the rebels they will be bringing weapons. jeff47 Apr 2015 #27

Your right to own a weapon does not require a reason. former9thward Apr 2015 #30

Yeah, that's why there's no reason explicitly listed in the 2nd amendment jeff47 Apr 2015 #38

"...being necessary to the security of a free state..." DetlefK Apr 2015 #5

The Second Amendment is Corporate Welfare. onehandle Apr 2015 #2

The right dates back to the 1600's so I doubt that is the case. nt hack89 Apr 2015 #9

The idea of an armed and well-trained militia goes back to the Anglo-Saxons starroute Apr 2015 #24

An individual right to bear arms was in the first English Bill of Rights of 1689 hack89 Apr 2015 #28

he knows how stupid gun humpers are Skittles Apr 2015 #3

The 2A merely protects an individual right to keep and bear arms hack89 Apr 2015 #7

Sounds like what happened to the right to choice (abortion). NutmegYankee Apr 2015 #32

I don't think gun rights are so divisive as abortion hack89 Apr 2015 #33

Not one pro-choice person supports heavy regulation of abortion. NutmegYankee Apr 2015 #35

Ted, Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #10

That's what we told the Taliban in 2001. former9thward Apr 2015 #20

Bit of a difference between Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #22

Not that much difference. former9thward Apr 2015 #23

So if Rafael get elected, that means we can overthrow him with his blessing? n2doc Apr 2015 #13

But DERSHOWITZ & TOOBIN tell us he's very VERY *smart* & not to mock him!1 n/t UTUSN Apr 2015 #14

silly stupid cruz - why not protect the right to vote if it's liberty you want to promote? samsingh Apr 2015 #17

Because he does at least know that he would never win an election if it were fair. liberal N proud Apr 2015 #29

i wonder how far... Takket Apr 2015 #21

Ironically, the 2nd Amendment was written to prevent armed rebellions Oilwellian Apr 2015 #31

No. It was merely one of the rights they enjoyed as Englishmen that they wanted to retain. hack89 Apr 2015 #34