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     Re: Republicans & Trump   
     By: Lee Lofaso to Kostie Muirhead on Sun Aug 30 2020 09:06 pm   
      
    >>Now that HAS to be a troll.   
    LL> I am being serious. The 2nd Amendment is poorly written,   
    LL> and also totally understood. Furthermore, after about 1980   
    LL> Which is why there is so much out of control crime these   
    LL> days.   
      
   Hoo boy. There's just so much to cover here, that I'll just stick with a basic   
   premise:   
      
   Firearms function as a force equalizer - no more and no less.   
      
   As such, the solution to present issues is neither to arm everyone, nor to   
   disarm everyone, as neither of those solutions have anything at all to do with   
   the root issues.   
      
   Further, there are benefits to allowing civilian armaments, and the level to   
   which a state allows such can be an important barometer of several political   
   realities.   
      
   If you can see and accept the above premises we can have a further   
   conversation, but if not we're not likely to be able to have a discussion on   
   the matter that does not end up at lease somewhat emotionally motivated.   
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