Morning in America: Butthurt Achieved

[CBStew]

No more of a joke than this:

On the other hand:

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery

[Brownie]

No more of a joke than this:

On the other hand:

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery

That's some rich cherry-picking. But, I suppose they have a point: give a group of people weapons and deny another group of people weapons and the people with weapons can keep the people without under control.

[Quality Start Machine]

On the other hand:

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery

That guy managed to be wrong about the origins of 20% of the Bill of Rights.

The 2nd Amendment was put in place in order to save the cost of having a standing army (the young nation was dead-assed broke and in debt from the Revolution). But every white male property owner (the only Americans at the time with full citizenship and enfranchisement) had to register for conscription with their state's militia. Of course, the wealthier ones could buy their way out of this, which later resulted in the Five Points Riot, but I digress.

The 10th Amendment was the result of a dinner party and "Gentleman's Agreement" to kick the slavery can down the road - the Pennsylvania Cuakers wanted slavery abolished, Madison would never get the Southern states to ratify a Constitution with abolition. So there was a spoken agreement to revisit slavery in 20 years, which didn't happen. That was the amendment to preserve slavery, not the 2nd.

[Slaky]

Yeti's foray into successful facebook trolling:



Unless of course these people are playing along.

[CBStew]

On the other hand:

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery

That guy managed to be wrong about the origins of 20% of the Bill of Rights.

The 2nd Amendment was put in place in order to save the cost of having a standing army (the young nation was dead-assed broke and in debt from the Revolution). But every white male property owner (the only Americans at the time with full citizenship and enfranchisement) had to register for conscription with their state's militia. Of course, the wealthier ones could buy their way out of this, which later resulted in the Five Points Riot, but I digress.

The 10th Amendment was the result of a dinner party and "Gentleman's Agreement" to kick the slavery can down the road - the Pennsylvania Cuakers wanted slavery abolished, Madison would never get the Southern states to ratify a Constitution with abolition. So there was a spoken agreement to revisit slavery in 20 years, which didn't happen. That was the amendment to preserve slavery, not the 2nd.

On the other, other hand, from North Carolina Wesleyan College:

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/mstevens/410/410lect11.htm

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The 2nd Amendment was put in place in order to save the cost of having a standing army (the young nation was dead-assed broke and in debt from the Revolution).

No, Fork.

[Yeti]

Yeti's foray into successful facebook trolling:



Unless of course these people are playing along.

Both of them are definitely not playing along. The Ryan guy is seriously a Citadel-type. The other guy likely will make Obama pry the gun from his cold, dead hands.

[Gilgamesh]

Repent, everyone...

"Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has signed on as a regular contributor to Fox News, the AP reports."

http://newsok.com/fox-hires-dennis-kucinich-as-analyst/article/feed/487925

[Bort]

Repent, everyone...

"Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has signed on as a regular contributor to Fox News, the AP reports."

http://newsok.com/fox-hires-dennis-kucinich-as-analyst/article/feed/487925

Allow me to feign shock that a "principled liberal" is working for his former political "enemies."

[Internet Apex]

Repent, everyone...

"Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has signed on as a regular contributor to Fox News, the AP reports."

http://newsok.com/fox-hires-dennis-kucinich-as-analyst/article/feed/487925

Allow me to feign shock that a "principled liberal" is working for his former political "enemies."

Ok. Go ahead.

[PenFoe]

Repent, everyone...

"Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has signed on as a regular contributor to Fox News, the AP reports."

http://newsok.com/fox-hires-dennis-kucinich-as-analyst/article/feed/487925

Allow me to feign shock that a "principled liberal" is working for his former political "enemies."

Ok. Go ahead.

[Bort]

Repent, everyone...

"Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has signed on as a regular contributor to Fox News, the AP reports."

http://newsok.com/fox-hires-dennis-kucinich-as-analyst/article/feed/487925

Allow me to feign shock that a "principled liberal" is working for his former political "enemies."

Ok. Go ahead.

[Wheezer]

Oh, look, the CDC would be able to actually engage in epidemiology again on the topic.

[Gilgamesh]

Noted fascist dictator-presidents Ford, Carter, and St. Reagan, in a 1994 letter to Congress:

"This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety. . . . Although assault weapons account for less than 1% of the guns in circulation, they account for nearly 10% of the guns traced to crime. . . .

"While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals.

"We urge you to listen to the American public and to the law enforcement community and support a ban on the further manufacture of these weapons."

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-05/news/mn-54185_1_assault-weapons-ban

[Quality Start Machine]

Would an assault weapon ban curb crime? Let's ask someone who is in the business of stopping crime.