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Perd Hapley

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Is this smart?
« on: April 03, 2015, 01:12:24 AM »
On another forum, I'm explaining why I favor Constitutional Carry. I just came up with this.

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I would rather have the government recognize that I have a right to carry, w/o pretending that I need to prove that I'm one of the good guys. The government should be proving to us that they're the good guys, not the other way about.

Does it make sense?
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Re: Is this smart?
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2015, 08:37:39 AM »
I'm good with it.
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Re: Is this smart?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2015, 08:45:14 AM »
I like it better than "A government that fears its armed citizens needs to be feared itself".

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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2015, 09:04:36 AM »
I like it.
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Re: Is this smart?
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2015, 04:07:19 PM »
May want to mention that since world govts killed over 250,000,000 in the 20th century alone, it may not be armed citizens that people should be concerned about.