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WA: The ingratitude of the NRA
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The NRA can’t say I never did anything for them. Back in 2015, I offered the perfect comeback for whenever anyone questions why a private citizen might need a military-style assault rifle. (“Demagogues doubling down,” Dec. 27, 2015). “Reason not the need!” Shakespeare’s King Lear thunders when his daughters question why a retired king — dependent upon their hospitality — would need a retinue of 100 knights and squires. |
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Yo, dickwad. Whether or not you think we "need" them is immaterial.
According to the SCOTUS in 1939 (U.S. v. Miller) the purpose of the 2A is to guarantee an armed citizenry capable of forming militias, and that the types of arms within that guarantee are those "in common use" that have "some reasonable relationship to the . . . efficiency" of such an enterprise.
Take your "need" and stick it where the sun don't shine. |
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