For many years, it’s been a treat to go to the Marietta 4th of July Parade. As I walked toward the parade down Cherokee Street, I looked up on the rooftops to see if there were police but did not see any. The parade was fun, duplicated across small town America. I saw Civil War Re-enactors stop and fire their rifles. I saw kids dressed up in Viet Nam Era uniforms too young except for two guys about my age walking behind in civilian clothes. One kid was carrying an M-60 machine gun, several had M-16’s, one had an M-79 grenade launcher. I have used all those weapons.
After the parade, I heard what happened near Chicago. I believe the founding fathers knew weapons to be single shot rifles in 1791 for the Second Amendment. I don’t think founders envisioned the AR-15, used in so many mass shootings. My only authority in commenting about that weapon is, I qualified as an Expert in the Marines with the M-16. The AR-15 is the same as the M-16 which has a switch to make it a machine gun, and a bayonet attachment. I believe there are Americans alive today and the M-16 saved their lives in combat, because it is such a wicked weapon.
Ironically, Oliver North was one of my Marine instructors, who later became president of the National Rifle Association. I don’t know how to get the millions of AR-15s off the street. How bad a marksman is a hunter who needs to fire 60-70 rounds in one minute? If machine guns are illegal, why is that not illegal? Next time I vote, I hope to support a candidate who supports what the founders envisioned.
Mr. Kirk, thanks for your service. Your beliefs show you to be a weak thinker, but the MDJ loves your Leftist views for some reason, so you have a platform. When I see they’ve posted one of you letters, I think, “Here we go. More misinformation from an otherwise patriot.”
What the Founders envisioned was a way to take back the country from modern day King Georges. They had the foresight to envision people like the Leftists currently in charge of our government. Their foresight in providing the 2nd Amendment had nothing to do with hunting.
You've just stated the "Insurrectionist Myth" argument in support of unlimited guns, an argument created by Stephen Halbrook and funded by the NRA after it was taken over by right wing extremists in 1977.
One need only look at how the Founders viewed Shay's Rebellion to see how they viewed violent insurrection against the government.
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Mr. Kirk, thanks for your service. Your beliefs show you to be a weak thinker, but the MDJ loves your Leftist views for some reason, so you have a platform. When I see they’ve posted one of you letters, I think, “Here we go. More misinformation from an otherwise patriot.”
What the Founders envisioned was a way to take back the country from modern day King Georges. They had the foresight to envision people like the Leftists currently in charge of our government. Their foresight in providing the 2nd Amendment had nothing to do with hunting.
You've just stated the "Insurrectionist Myth" argument in support of unlimited guns, an argument created by Stephen Halbrook and funded by the NRA after it was taken over by right wing extremists in 1977.
One need only look at how the Founders viewed Shay's Rebellion to see how they viewed violent insurrection against the government.
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