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99Forever

(14,524 posts)

7. Poppycock.

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:40 PM

Jan 2013

If you have any actual interest in how the 2nd Amendment came to be, rather than this kind of romanticized mythology, here's a link to a well documented and fully evidenced dissertation on the matter. However, it won't fit very well on a bumpersticker, it's just over a 100 pages long.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465114

Enjoy your new found knowledge.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Jamaal510 Jan 2013 OP

Because....... ShadyBill Jan 2013 #1

uh. muh. gah. so. q. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #3

Enjoy your stay GObamaGO Jan 2013 #4

That's a myth. PDJane Jan 2013 #5

I very much agree with your sentiment, but... 99Forever Jan 2013 #11

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Zoeisright Jan 2013 #9

Like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, health care, food, etc. are all surrogated to indepat Jan 2013 #2

There isn't a constitutional right to own guns duffyduff Jan 2013 #6

Poppycock. 99Forever Jan 2013 #7

That was somebody else who gave the answer on there, not me. Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #8

If you don't agree with... 99Forever Jan 2013 #10

<sarcasm>I'm believe we do have the right to own food, actually.</sarcasm> maggiesfarmer Jan 2013 #12