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1StrongBlackMan

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18. Several thoughts here ...

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:35 PM

Jul 2016

1) Until the passage of the XIV Amendment, the Constitution was never intended to apply to Black folks ... this call is a mere extension of the past;

2) "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

And, ignoring the above:

3) Public Safety is a well recognized grounds for restricting/regulating the Constitution. (See: Yelling fire in a theater/1st Amendment)

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In a nutshell HassleCat Jul 2016 #13

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