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TX: Not the time or place for firearms
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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The bottom line is this. If you want to make your voice heard, have at it. If you want to exercise your Second Amendment right to protect yourself from physical harm or government overreach, more power to you. But if your rifle is pointed, figuratively, at your fellow citizens instead of the government, you’re only turning public opinion against its proper use. Keep it at home so you still have it if or when it’s really needed.
Ed: Of course you have 2A rights, as long as you never use them. Sheesh. |
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PHORTO
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| I'm ambivalent on this issue, but not 50-50; more like 75-20. CCW removes the burr from under the saddle, but open carry can deter things that would otherwise happen. |
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