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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Pro-Gun Movement's Total Disregard for Our Constitution [View all]
National Rifle Association (NRA) board member and aged rocker Ted Nugent made national headlines in April when his threats against President Obama and Democrats earned him a visit from the Secret Service. But he has taken recently to uttering another mantra that is equally disturbing and revealing. At a concert in Forth Worth on August 25, Nugent told the crowd, "The whole world sucks. America sucks less." It was at least the fourth time in the last year he's publicly shared this derogatory opinion about the United States.
Nugent's remarks got me thinking about a seldom discussed but critical aspect of the modern pro-gun movement: Its total lack of faith in the system of government established by our Founders in the U.S. Constitution. It is that profound lack of faith -- more than anything -- that is responsible for the insurrectionist ideology ("Second Amendment remedies" that fuels the movement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/oh-ye-of-little-faith-the_b_1889553.html
Nugent's remarks got me thinking about a seldom discussed but critical aspect of the modern pro-gun movement: Its total lack of faith in the system of government established by our Founders in the U.S. Constitution. It is that profound lack of faith -- more than anything -- that is responsible for the insurrectionist ideology ("Second Amendment remedies" that fuels the movement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/oh-ye-of-little-faith-the_b_1889553.html
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i don't think our guns stand a chance against the US military - or even any other meaningful militar
samsingh
Sep 2012
#7
I guess you didn't witness the beating we took against IED's and armed insurgents in Iraq.
Missycim
Sep 2012
#9
Isn't the adherence to any rights a sign of lack of faith in the government?
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
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