Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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7. No.

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 11:17 AM

Feb 2014

My guy is a respected criminologist and law professor who co founded the Wall of Tolerance with Rosa Parks. I have no idea who this asshole is. Most likely it is a pen name for the blogger.

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The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2014 OP

quite old and quite discredited gejohnston Feb 2014 #1

Is this the same Roger Roots? SecularMotion Feb 2014 #5

No. gejohnston Feb 2014 #7

It's the same guy SecularMotion Feb 2014 #8

compare writing styles gejohnston Feb 2014 #12

It certainly is the same Roger Root and he's a full-blown racist gun nut SecularMotion Feb 2014 #16

using the same writer twice doesn't do anything gejohnston Feb 2014 #18

The biographical profile matches the writer of the paper you cited SecularMotion Feb 2014 #20

I'm talking about the "respectable racest" gejohnston Feb 2014 #22

Here's a connection SecularMotion Feb 2014 #23

Since the copyright is this year gejohnston Feb 2014 #25

the militia WAS the police system. lastlib Feb 2014 #13

not quite gejohnston Feb 2014 #15

How would have rejecting the 2A impact state slave patrols? hack89 Feb 2014 #2

"State" = the body politic. Straw Man Feb 2014 #3

Scrapin' the bottom of the "Cut and Paste" barrel for this one DonP Feb 2014 #4

The first draft of the 2nd Amendment SecularMotion Feb 2014 #6

I always liked that wording better sarisataka Feb 2014 #11

Utter discredited nonsense. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #9

Discredited by whom? SecularMotion Feb 2014 #10

but I do. gejohnston Feb 2014 #19

I found that link earlier SecularMotion Feb 2014 #21

since I was more intrested in the substance of the writer's critique gejohnston Feb 2014 #24

DU is a website for liberal and progressive opinions. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #26

the racist claim was pretty flimsy gejohnston Feb 2014 #27

"poisoning the well" Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #30

*yawn* Then why did the northern states duplicate an individual right to keep and bear arms? X_Digger Feb 2014 #14

*sound of crickets chirping* Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #37

Bull Shit Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #17

Grasping at straws like this one... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #28

Can't believe I am seeing this mouth drool knuckle dragging drivel on DU. geckosfeet Feb 2014 #29

I like your sig line discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #31

The replies are thoughtful, but the OP has written us off as 'zealots'... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #32

I was referring to gun lobbyists SecularMotion Feb 2014 #33

Judging by the context of your post, sked14 Feb 2014 #34

There certainly are some gun lobbyists who post in this group SecularMotion Feb 2014 #35

No I do not, sked14 Feb 2014 #36

Yes, I was talking about members who are gun lobbyists. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #38

How do you know they're gun lobbyists? sked14 Feb 2014 #39

If you're "promoting the 2A" chances are you're a lobbyist SecularMotion Feb 2014 #40

Look. The DNC Party Platform is full of holes. ie, support for the Death Penalty is not cool. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #42

Most members here support reasonable gun control initiatives, sked14 Feb 2014 #43

I doubt there is anyone supporting no regulation gejohnston Feb 2014 #44

Circular can't tell the difference between a lobbyist and a hobbyist. oneshooter Feb 2014 #41

That's funny right there. *snort* NT blueridge3210 Feb 2014 #46

Disagreeing with you does not make a poster a "gun lobbyist" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #47

Well, that explains non-slaveholding states not only ratifying it, but including it in the state con AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #45