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Old 09-28-2005, 11:25 PM
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Default I favour a small efficient government

.... one that only spends money on my priorities and passes laws I agree with.
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Old 09-28-2005, 11:30 PM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

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.... one that only spends money on my priorities and passes laws I agree with.

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Me too. Although I suspect you are being sracastic whereas I am not. I don't feel the least bit bad about this either. I suspect many people feel this way, it's too bad people can't just say so.
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Old 09-28-2005, 11:30 PM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

IMHO one of the biggest problems with our government is they way they try to micromanage our lives.

WHen Clinton ran for reelection one ad I heard was with Bill Clinton in office the feds stoped 250k illegal gun sales. The part they forgot to mention was only 17 people were sent to jail.

Enforce the laws on the books dont make more.
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Old 09-28-2005, 11:34 PM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

A small efficient government would ban gun sales except to a properly regulated militia.

Enforce the constitution, dont twist it.
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Old 09-28-2005, 11:45 PM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

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A small efficient government would ban gun sales except to a properly regulated militia.

Enforce the constitution, dont twist it.

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A small government would be sending cops all over the country to make sure nobody bought a gun? Please explain how that would be small government? That would require a significant increase in the size/cost/power of government.
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Old 09-28-2005, 11:46 PM
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Default The Best Government

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It's called a family.
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Old 09-28-2005, 11:46 PM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

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A small efficient government would ban gun sales except to a properly regulated militia.

Enforce the constitution, dont twist it.

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LMAO.

So, ACPlayer: why didn't the government do just that when it was far smaller and more efficient than it is today, when the Constitution and 2nd Amendment were actually written? Why didn't they follow through and ban gun sales, just as you suggest, way back THEN?

Answer: because that was not what the lawmakers intended when writing those documents. Moreover, they, and the rest of the country, knew it.
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Old 09-29-2005, 12:02 AM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

LMAO

I think Andy has pretty much trashed you every time in the discussion of the second amendment.
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Old 09-29-2005, 12:11 AM
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I hope you meant "thrashed."
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Old 09-29-2005, 12:14 AM
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Default Re: I favour a small efficient government

I disagree with that assessment, and further observe that you have not even attempted to answer my question as to why the framers and authors of the 2nd didn't selectively ban gun sales back then if that would have been proper interpretation of the Constitution and 2nd Amendment.

You proffered the reasoning that that would have been the proper interpretation of the Constitution and the proper actions of a small and efficient government. So why didn't the authors have done just that, back when government was far smaller and far more efficient?
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