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PatSeg

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12. Rights

Reply to abbeyco (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:48 PM

Feb 2018

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The first and most important I would say is LIFE. Without it, no other rights matter.

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How do I combat this kind of bullshit? [View all] abbeyco Feb 2018 OP

You don't. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #1

You might ask: Turbineguy Feb 2018 #2

If you met these people in a bar you would just DURHAM D Feb 2018 #3

"A well-regulated militia ... " DavidDvorkin Feb 2018 #4

Bingo maxsolomon Feb 2018 #9

Yeah, you don't. They are incapable of KPN Feb 2018 #5

Disengage blogslut Feb 2018 #6

Life Not Guns Horizens Feb 2018 #7

Had this discussion over the weekend on FB Nwgirl503 Feb 2018 #19

There are hundreds of regulations on the 1st amendment Nevernose Feb 2018 #23

Thanks - this seemed to shut them up! abbeyco Feb 2018 #22

Call it bullshit which it is. Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #8

I do believe in universal rights but not for guns. hack89 Feb 2018 #10

There's nothing natural ornotna Feb 2018 #11

Rights PatSeg Feb 2018 #12

Use the phrase "the consent of the governed". Blue_true Feb 2018 #13

The second amendment says "a well-regulated militia". meadowlander Feb 2018 #14

Tell them that even Scalia thought the 2A allowed strict regulation of guns hack89 Feb 2018 #15

unfollow them Jersey Devil Feb 2018 #16

We don't live in a state of nature. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2018 #17

Here You Go-Direct from Scalia 2008 Heller Opinion Stallion Feb 2018 #18

Gun love is disgusting. I have no trouble saying that. hunter Feb 2018 #20

How is a gun a "natural right?" Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #21

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