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In reply to the discussion: The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)4. Scrapin' the bottom of the "Cut and Paste" barrel for this one
This was a golden oldie from Shares United too. In his fevered imagination it "supports" his position that the 2nd amendment became irrelevant at the end of the civil war.
Somehow the "logic" fails me that; "Armed slave patrols were the only reason for the 2nd amendment, therefore we need to make sure all the minorities in urban areas are disarmed".
I guess SCOTUS just hasn't caught up with Dr. Bogus' and your "brilliant" interpretation on the 2nd yet.
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*yawn* Then why did the northern states duplicate an individual right to keep and bear arms?
X_Digger
Feb 2014
#14
The replies are thoughtful, but the OP has written us off as 'zealots'...
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2014
#32
Look. The DNC Party Platform is full of holes. ie, support for the Death Penalty is not cool.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2014
#42
Well, that explains non-slaveholding states not only ratifying it, but including it in the state con
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2014
#45