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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:25 AM Dec 2019

Next the gun nuts will start saying that the 2A should only apply to American citizens...

Forgetting, of course, that The Constitution applies to EVERYONE within our borders.

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Why do wingers keep forgetting that the Constitution applies to EVERYONE within our borders.?

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Next the gun nuts will start saying that the 2A should only apply to American citizens... (Original Post) MrScorpio Dec 2019 OP

Exactly. If the 1st amendment applies to corporations, the 2nd amendment applies to everyone. n/t John1956PA Dec 2019 #1

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That "unorganized militia" needs some regulation then ck4829 Dec 2019 #4

I thought it is a "god given" right Cicada Dec 2019 #3

Seems a bit soon to go there clayton72 Dec 2019 #5

I agree. Civil rights are universal. nt hack89 Dec 2019 #6

No. They're merely man-made constructs. nt, pt. II LanternWaste Dec 2019 #7

Didn't say otherwise hack89 Dec 2019 #8

I've heard them say quite the opposite fescuerescue Dec 2019 #9

John1956PA

(2,656 posts)

1. Exactly. If the 1st amendment applies to corporations, the 2nd amendment applies to everyone. n/t

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Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:32 AM

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ck4829

(35,091 posts)

4. That "unorganized militia" needs some regulation then

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Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:05 AM

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Because Adam Lanza, Dylann Roof, Nikolas Cruz, Jason Dalton, and more all fell within that age range when they decided to kill their fellow Americans... I'm not sure what militia service they were providing.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

3. I thought it is a "god given" right

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Tue Dec 10, 2019, 07:14 AM

Dec 2019

Now it’s only man given?

clayton72

(135 posts)

5. Seems a bit soon to go there

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:02 PM

Dec 2019

And it would be better to find common ground in tragedy than to politicize. May or may not have been an act of terror. We can all agree that people bent on terror should not be able to acquire the means to wreck evil. Maybe build bridges and understanding of how this relates to other tragedies that have been in the news. This isn't the only incident to fit the definition of terror, but were not labeled as such.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

6. I agree. Civil rights are universal. nt

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Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:29 PM

Dec 2019

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

7. No. They're merely man-made constructs. nt, pt. II

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Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:33 PM

Dec 2019

hack89

(39,171 posts)

8. Didn't say otherwise

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:44 PM

Dec 2019

they certainly are not god given. That being said, if we feel that certain civil rights are important enough to enumerate in a written Constitution then they should apply to all within our country.

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)

9. I've heard them say quite the opposite

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 07:46 PM

Dec 2019

They seem to think think that the 2A should apply to everyone worldwide.

Ever heard them talk about those poor "oppressed" people in countries that don't have a 2nd amendment?

I suppose they might do as you suggest, but what they are doing now is worse.

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