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In reply to the discussion: Dear DU: Fuck Rand Paul [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)risk whatsoever to innocent persons without drone protections, what if they are wrong about that? or if there is a risk that innocent persons will die why would those deaths be acceptable as long as there are no drones?
I tried to think out possible answers to these questions here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022471642
Here also is a link describing legislation to protect the millions of assault weapons transferred in PRIVATE American arms sales into the world's trouble spots, especially some beyond our southern border. This bill was aggressively promoted by Rand Paul because he is a de facto lobbyist for American arms manufacturers whom one might guess are an important auxiliary to Libertarian "free market" capitalism in some unregulated and rather disadvantaged places around the world:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022193033