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Gun Control Reform Activism

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freshwest

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2. Interesting graphic. Not sure if that is the most effective contrast.
Wed Mar 20, 2013, 06:51 PM
Mar 2013

And what we in this country call First and Second Amendment Rights, aren't confined to the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

Those issues are bigger and we need to think in broader terms. This group is going beyond any interpretation of the Second Amendment to the inalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence, with this sentence being one of the most celebrated in the world:

...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness...

~ Thomas Jefferson

The father of one of the Newton victims cited that statement as taking precedence over the Amendments. He even said that the order of the words was of significant, putting his son's Life above Liberty. I think this is where this group's activism draws strength, but appreciate the graphic. Thanks for posting.


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