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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Explains the Second Amendment [View all]COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)13. It's still treason. But you don't get
hanged if you win.
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Believeing one's own government "won't do it here" is really really dangerous.
Callisto32
Oct 2012
#52
Italy went from 'il Risorgimento' to Mussolini within one human lifetime.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#59
Are there any other inanimate objects aside from guns that give you the willies?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#58
By it, I meant "a dude walking down the street with a holstered gun," "it" being that scenario.
rogrot
Oct 2012
#62
no. You are conflating Individual Equality to the government for Treason.
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#16
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Our Founding Fathers, in order to
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#14
Mike, you really do need to study the Constitution and history in general more carefully.nt
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#23
Mike, how does one pronounce "Vietnam" and "Afghanistan" in Italian?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#48
"You don't know enough about me to judge." Oh, we most certainly *do*, Mike/Jason/Baldr...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#83
Anyone who claims our military has nothing to do with our defense is insane
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#56