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Old 01-08-2013, 07:30 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by fasternyou929 View Post
You aren't kidding. I read a well written letter from a Marine about his opposition to registering his guns should the time come and the comments below it were shocking. Very few in support of him, but plenty of venom and "you couldn't be a Marine if it weren't for the rest of us... you're not above the law... you're no better than anybody else" comments.

It was eye-opening what the masses have the power to vote into play.
Abject fear is an excellent motivator, whether justified or not. Look at The Patriot Act, for example. The People begged for it, at the time.
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