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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bill Moyers: "NRA turned 2nd amendment into a cruel and deadly hoax" [View all]
http://billmoyers.com/segment/bill-moyers-essay-living-under-the-gun/In a web-exclusive video essay, Bill Moyers says Fridays deadly shooting in Colorado is yet another tragic indication that our society and too many of our politicians covet guns more than common sense or life itself. The National Rifle Association in particular, Bill says, has turned the Second Amendment of the Constitution into a cruel and deadly hoax.
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Bill Moyers: "NRA turned 2nd amendment into a cruel and deadly hoax" [View all]
flamingdem
Jul 2012
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I think Justice Stevens' Dissent in Heller is an excellent discussion of 2nd Amendment.
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#4
their point is that the 2nd amendment is very specifically written to address
magical thyme
Jul 2012
#34
and the dissenters evaluation of the decision is also an interesting read
magical thyme
Jul 2012
#31
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jul 2012
#27