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billh58

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2. Actually, if you read the article,
Sat May 28, 2016, 05:47 PM
May 2016

these top Constitutional attorneys state that the Second Amendment as written does not mean what the absolutists say it means. Gun control advocates have always known that, and are calling for sensible, and legal, reforms which will protect our citizens -- especially children -- from gun violence.

Background checks for ALL gun purchases, a national registry of guns, limits on types of guns and ammunition, and legislated responsibility for the safe-keeping of lethal weapons -- these are some of the needed measures being proposed by gun control proponents. According to the legal experts, none of these proposals violate the Constitution.

Contrary to the gun nut clamor, the "national will" is evolving towards sanity.

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