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Everyone should be free to keep and bear the arms of 1789. As was obviously the original intent of the framers of the Constitution. Of course, as part of a well-regulated militia.

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The math that dare not speak its name.

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and these people don't believe in natural selection.

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I couldn't agree with you more. It's a True Believer and that's a very, very dangerous thing. As Sarah Vowell wrote, a belief is far more dangerous than an idea.

The CIA guy on "60 Minutes" tried to justify the tortune by saying KSM is such a bad guy. That's doesn't make any difference. We're supposed to be Americans, and we didn't act like it.

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The day he begins serving his long, <i>long</i> sentence would do it for me.

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<blockquote>The only logical conclusion is to pass "Shoot first, ask questions later" laws. That way there will <strike>only be</strike> be at least one dead body per encounter. </blockquote>

FIFY.

And yes, passing someone on the street does count as an encounter, whether or not you say hello.

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There really aren't many places other than Wonkette that could turn frequent occurrences of people cold face-shooting each other for no good reason and the law protecting them into a belly laugh like the one these comments just gave me.

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Just move it down to the bottom, given the good chance it will be the last thing you see.

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If anyone ever had reason to feel threatened, it's any of the Obama family by The Nuge. I suppose I'm not allowed to call this a lost opportunity.

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Leave bankers alooooooooooooooooooone!!!!

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This is what happens when the right wing nutz confuse fantasy with reality - just like they think Jack Bauer and "24" make torture in real life just fine.

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I heard he used the official Arizona state gun so the shooter is automatically exempt for capping the mentally handicapped man.

Welcome to Aribama.

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