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The Las Vegas Massacre Report and the Rise of Second Amendment Nihilism
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And it’s absurd, in a mad way, because the premise of the killings was one that no other civilized country would have tolerated for a moment. Paddock bought fifty-five guns, mostly rifles, in the space of a year—most of them the kind of lethal weapons properly called assault rifles or military-style weapons, several augmented with an accessory known as a bump stock, which allowed for even more rapid firing. There is no reason on earth why any citizen of a democracy would ever need even one of these weapons, let alone fifty-five. Not to mention that the simple act of buying that many weapons of murder might be a sign that murder was being planned—an alert missed. |
| Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(8/10/2018)
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"There is no reason on earth why any citizen of a democracy would ever need even one of these (AR-15s)."
It isn't called "The Bill of Needs," it's called "THE BILL OF RIGHTS."
I'd also note were are NOT a democracy, we are a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC.
Paddock may have been a psychotic nut, but as the Latin phrase "abusum non tollit usum" ("bad use doesn't negate good use") states, such evil is not a good reason to diminish or trash the rights of everyone who did not commit a shooting spree. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(8/10/2018)
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"properly called assault rifles"
BZZZZZT!
Automatic disqualifier (pun intended)
AR-15s and the like are NOT assault rifles, and no matter how many times these idiots are told so, they go "meh" and disregard it. |
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