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America knows what must be done to curb the killings
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... "... we know the detailed bios and photos of each of Newtown’s victims. We also know about Congress’ failure in 2004 to extend a ban of the kind of automatic[sic] weapon that killed these first graders. Given what we know — about this and a string of mass-shooting murders in the last five years — we have no excuses if we fail to take action, this time, on gun reforms."
"We know the gun debate is not about the Second Amendment, which protects the right of individuals to bear arms. Ordinary people don’t need military-grade[sic] weapons such as the AR-15 Bushmaster used by the Newtown killer. As Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. ... 'I don’t know anyone in the sporting or hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.'" ... |
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Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. — James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46 |
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