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Unreal to see the rage that ensues on the right from a simple question.
I grew up with guns, I was a hunter, I have actual militia training, but my priority is to protect innocent schoolkids, not to furiously defend my guns. If anyone is threatening your rights, it's the GOP.
I grew up with guns, I was a hunter, I have actual militia training, but my priority is to protect innocent schoolkids, not to furiously defend my guns. If anyone is threatening your rights, it's the GOP.
Absolutely brilliant and essential reading on guns and the #SecondAmendment: brennancenter.org/analysis/how-n…
(h/t @meechebucco)
(h/t @meechebucco)
To everyone fired up by these debates, I go into detail about how they play out in my upcoming book: amazon.com/Digital-Civil-…
This is my standard response to the NRA: "For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation." - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
How about Scalia in #Heller: "nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."
