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Roland99
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Roland99's Journal
March 30, 2023
A dark day for America. But a shining light of justice
Historic news - NYTimes reporting Grand Jury voted to FELONY indict trump!
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1641552646933987329A dark day for America. But a shining light of justice
March 28, 2023
SO...multiple GOPers want to investigate Covenant shooting as a Hate Crime. Wellll....
where tf were they when gays were murdered by the DOZENS at Orlando's Pulse nightclub?
How many other mass shootings by RWNJs based on hate (Synagogues for example) were they vocal about???
NONE
Fk all these gun-humpers!
March 27, 2023
RWNJs already spreading unconfirmed reports that it was a trans shooter
I've seen two different people offered up as the trans person who did the shooting.
Didn't take them long to come up with that.
March 27, 2023
Well, we have had a large standing army for a very long time. In fact, the standing army was created around (or before) the time the Constitution was actually written. But the size of the army was quite small back then. Militias were used to make up the content of that army when called upon in a time of need.
As the years went on, the size of the national military grew, to the point that militias were, in effect, extinct.
Yet the interpretation of the Second Amendment morphed over the years to include self-defense in general (which is NOT explicitly mentioned in the Second Amendment) and we all know since the mid/late 1900s that gun manufacturers have lobbied Congress (and funneled enormous sums of cash into the NRA which underwent its own coup in the 1970s to become a more radical organization and a de facto marketing arm for these gun manufacturers). And courts being stacked with pro-NRA/pro-gun judges have continued to distort the original intent of the Second Amendment.
So, yeah, in my opinion, the Second Amendment is a moot portion of the US Constitution and should be repealed.
Opinion: The Second Amendment is moot. Useless. Unnecessary. Repeal it.
https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment2.htmlWhat the Second Amendment Says
"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."
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the original intent of the Second Amendment?
Many historians agree that the primary reason for passing the Second Amendment was to prevent the need for the United States to have a professional standing army. At the time it was passed, it seems it was not intended to grant a right for private individuals to keep weapons for self-defense.
"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."
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the original intent of the Second Amendment?
Many historians agree that the primary reason for passing the Second Amendment was to prevent the need for the United States to have a professional standing army. At the time it was passed, it seems it was not intended to grant a right for private individuals to keep weapons for self-defense.
Well, we have had a large standing army for a very long time. In fact, the standing army was created around (or before) the time the Constitution was actually written. But the size of the army was quite small back then. Militias were used to make up the content of that army when called upon in a time of need.
As the years went on, the size of the national military grew, to the point that militias were, in effect, extinct.
Yet the interpretation of the Second Amendment morphed over the years to include self-defense in general (which is NOT explicitly mentioned in the Second Amendment) and we all know since the mid/late 1900s that gun manufacturers have lobbied Congress (and funneled enormous sums of cash into the NRA which underwent its own coup in the 1970s to become a more radical organization and a de facto marketing arm for these gun manufacturers). And courts being stacked with pro-NRA/pro-gun judges have continued to distort the original intent of the Second Amendment.
So, yeah, in my opinion, the Second Amendment is a moot portion of the US Constitution and should be repealed.
March 27, 2023
IT'S. THE. GUNS.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add1854#.YpBNYhYVXDY.twitter
MNPD: Shooter is dead following active situation at Covenant School (Nashville)
MNPD: Shooter is dead following active situation at Covenant School
https://www.wsmv.com/2023/03/27/mnpd-shooter-is-dead-following-active-situation-green-hills/
An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd.
IT'S. THE. GUNS.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add1854#.YpBNYhYVXDY.twitter
“Although opponents of sensible gun control…continue to put the spotlight on the shooters’ motivations or unstable mental states, these are cynical diversions from the one obvious truth: The common thread…is the absurdly easy access to guns.”
March 23, 2023
I’m gonna get drunk this weekend after getting the pool and lanai ready for warm weather
Oh FFS. I give up
https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1638913543000006657Lawyer, fighter for democracy, advocate for innovators and creators. Prosecuted Trump University @ NY AG. Commentator @ MSNBC CNN.
BREAKING: Manhattan grand jury not meeting today. Indictment likely delayed until next week.
Yet this raises a possibility that Manhattan DA has been told to stand down — because DOJ could indict Trump on Mar-a-Lago documents as early as tomorrow.
BREAKING: Manhattan grand jury not meeting today. Indictment likely delayed until next week.
Yet this raises a possibility that Manhattan DA has been told to stand down — because DOJ could indict Trump on Mar-a-Lago documents as early as tomorrow.
I’m gonna get drunk this weekend after getting the pool and lanai ready for warm weather
March 22, 2023
Breaking: it's on like Donkey Kong. NBC reporting Grand Jury convening in NYC tomorrow EDIT: NOPE
https://twitter.com/SpiroAgnewGhost/status/1638669341087666178BREAKING per NBC: “The Manhattan DA plans to convene the grand jury again Thursday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.”
March 22, 2023
EDIT:
https://twitter.com/BaddCompani/status/1638586018386554881
Possible reason for the Grand Jury delay... EDIT: Possibly more witnesses to come
https://twitter.com/BaddCompani/status/1638575686574313472I just saw that it appears the Tacopina crap is being reviewed to see if there is a conflict which it appears so. Stormy presented new evidence on their communications. IMO this won't be a long delay or stop the inevitable. The right is trying to say Bragg is hiding this. The Judge will decide soon.
EDIT:
https://twitter.com/BaddCompani/status/1638586018386554881
It is not out of the question that after Y'abbott and Costello blurbed, others made a phone call to testify.
Let it play out!
Let it play out!
Reid: Sources say that prosecutors have been in touch with an attorney for at least one witness, and they signal that they're leaving the door open for that witness to potentially come back..
March 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1638344869860057090
Late news. Something happening in Mar a Lago classified docs case. 6am deadline set
https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1638358825060163584BREAKING: Potential earthquake coming in Mar-a-Lago documents case. DC Circuit sets unprecedented schedule requiring Trump counsel to submit filing by midnight TONIGHT and then DOJ to reply by 6 a.m. tomorrow morning.
Did the court see evidence of national security threats?
Did the court see evidence of national security threats?
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1638344869860057090
MORE: The order makes clear documents are at issue — and the extraordinary light-speed with which the appeals court is moving suggests there will be action on this at the federal courthouse *tomorrow.*
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