The difference between Republicans and Democrats . . .
. . . lies mainly in which rights they think we can get along just fine without.
The other side of the coin, counterpoint to all the unconstitutional excesses of the Bush Debacle: Gun shops experiencing an uptick in sales, in the face of a bad economy.
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/92892.html
" . . . shall not be infringed."
The other side of the coin, counterpoint to all the unconstitutional excesses of the Bush Debacle: Gun shops experiencing an uptick in sales, in the face of a bad economy.
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/92892.html
" . . . shall not be infringed."
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However, I'm more worried about the habitual Democratic administration's problem with my right to keep and bear money.
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I think I'd prefer something a bit more potent, for either moose or bear.
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Myself, I prefer something more accurate. However, definitions get slippery. The US Army used to issue the M1903-A3 rifle to troops, better known as the .30-06 Springfield. That _is_ the type of rifle and cartridge I used to use for deer hunting.
Several of the proposed bans have included "military-issue weapons" without further definition.
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Ugh *steps off her soapbox* sorry for the lecture!
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(Aside: I wonder what he taught his students that the Second Amendment means....)
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Full-auto weapons require a special Federal license, expensive and difficult to get. The same applies to various other non-sport weapons.
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(According to current rules, yes.)
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But, we're over 60. We've saved and lived within our means, as have our parents and grandparents, both sides. And I greatly suspect that we will be targets for "means tests" on both Social Security and Medicare, for increased "Fat Cat" capital-gains taxation on non-existent* gains, negative real interest rates on savings, and other measures to punish us for being frugal when half this country was borrowing money to buy big-screen TVs and new cars. And buying houses they couldn't afford.
*One classic -- we own some non-residential property, purchased 30 years ago, which is probably worth three to four times what we paid for it -- in current dollars. In purchasing power, inflation has eaten that difference. Yet we would be paying capital "gains" tax on the whole increase.
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