Brian Devon wrote:
I know a woman whose father used to walk around the house with a shotgun while dressed in only underwear. Needless to say, she and her siblings took many years to recover from being raised by a paranoid abusive father. Most of Europe, Canada, and Australia just shake their heads in disbelief when they hear of the carnage (on a regular basis) caused by our lax gun laws. The only reason we even have a second amendment is this: White southern "planters" needed "citizen armed posses" to recapture runaway slaves. Their leading advocate was Mr. Patrick Henry, a rich slave owner, who wasn't about to give up his personal gravy train to anyone. His "liberty or death" drivel really meant the "liberty" to profit, handsomely, from the enslavement and misery of others. For these southern gentlemen, guns were a means to obtain obedience and compliance to their authority. Its time to repudiate the repulsive legacy of Patrick Henry, and his fellow slave owners. Even that "radical leftist" president Ronald Reagan advocated sensible gun laws. On March 29, 1991, he penned an editorial in the N.Y. Times outlining his reasons for his support of the Brady bill. Any idea of why this bill was important to him?
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No one has to worry about people having guns if you behave yourself. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.