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In reply to the discussion: Yes, we need the 2nd amendment. [View all]Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)9. Lots of things are needed by lots of people for lots of reasons
...yet the vast majority of those things don't have a "right" enumerated in the constitution. Furthermore, the things you mentioned were NOT the basis for the 2nd amendment.
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Get a bow and arrow. Nobody but Federal/state/local law enforcement need a gun.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#2
if you read what I wrote- you can keep your gun in the home NOT IN THE STREET
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#8
hunters can use bow and arrows, that is what the native americans used before they were killed
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#35
Exactly. How will he unlock his gun from the safe where it is supposed to be without alerting the
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#49
Does that include when you are asleep? Or on the othe side of the house? Or on the john?
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#75
I agree. As I recall, on your own property you have the right to most any method of protection.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#7
I think I can understand the mentality of believing in a need to be armed against the government
Voice for Peace
Dec 2012
#21
I think one of the chapters in my Foxfire books is devoted to this very thing.
leftofcool
Dec 2012
#78
If we ban the second amedment, how to you plan on taking the guns from the criminals?
darkangel218
Dec 2012
#51
"Remove the legal guns, and the supply of illegal guns is greatly reduced"
darkangel218
Dec 2012
#61
A muzzle loading flintlock would suffice for what he described and did for quite some time
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#26
Because it is easier to conceal a handgun and sneak it into a public place like a school? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#53
You are promoting the concept that there's a massive conspiracy to ban all guns
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#72
I wonder, how those folks managed to keep from starving back in the late 1700's.
Savannahmann
Dec 2012
#58
I know lots of people who would otherwise not be able to feed their families if they didn't hunt,
MadHound
Dec 2012
#66
"There are a lot of people who donate their venison to the poor." paraphrased again
Whovian
Dec 2012
#69