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In reply to the discussion: The second amendment is bullshit, and we all know it [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)47. Not really
That's just kind of a myth that gets told around the military. It was designed as anti personnel.
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Welcome to DU. The availability of guns and ammunition can be separated from the 2A.
Loudly
Apr 2013
#4
Do you hold similar views about the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, shares?
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#17
You have no Constitutional right to say that as you didn't post it with a quill pen...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#20
Seems to work just fine in all the civilized countries. That is without the "right to bear arms"
ErikJ
Apr 2013
#15
"Comparisons of the second amendment with the first, or with any of the others... are invalid."
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#14
Cafeteria Constitutionalists don't want people thinking about where their logic may lead...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#19
And that's the problem really... to most 2nd amendment might as well outright say guns
MillennialDem
Apr 2013
#22
Well, like I said the .50 cal is specifically designed as an anti-materiel round. A .458 for example
MillennialDem
Apr 2013
#46
LOL. Nope it was designed as an anti tank and anti aircraft gun in WW1. Yes it is used sometimes to
MillennialDem
Apr 2013
#48
I can picture them charging in with guns claiming they're just for show,...and loaded...
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#109
There are parts of the country where everybody having guns makes a lot of sense
Recursion
Apr 2013
#30
It's also been completely twisted by modern gun fanatics into something that the founders
DanTex
Apr 2013
#39
This is why we have the Bill of Rights - to protect against people like Bill Maher.
Zax2me
Apr 2013
#43
The Second Amendment does not confer the right to possess a firearm. That's the important fact.
cherokeeprogressive
Apr 2013
#68
In other words, you won't even try and argue that the right-wing interpretation of 2A is
DanTex
Apr 2013
#77
What is that even supposed to mean? I've never heard of someone having as many abortions as possible
Electric Monk
Apr 2013
#75
Try again after someone goes on an abortion spree, giving a bunch of people abortions against their
Electric Monk
Apr 2013
#84
The text of the second section of the Declaration of Independence reads, “We hold these truths to be
AlinPA
Apr 2013
#70
Lindsey Graham and Peter King: The Fifth Amendment is bullshit, and we all know it.
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#76
Deal with it. You, Graham, and King are *all* trying to undermine the Constitution.
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#115
I agree that the laws gun restrictionists want are not going to happen with the 2nd in place
aikoaiko
Apr 2013
#85
You want severe restrictions against against civilian gun ownership like Mexico and Jamaica?
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#116