On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:25:00 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

> Ask the folks in CA, IL, NY, CT, NJ and a few other states where peoples
> constitutional rights are indeed being trampled. Ask folks who's rights
> were trampled by the now expired ugly gun ban. When the second amendment
> was written it wasn't about "sporting" guns, or antique guns, it was
> about guns that were the then state of the art and defensive use was
> very much what was being considered.

The gun laws in California are the way voters want them, and we're
working on making them even more restrictive. We need better
background checks and we shouldn't be selling automatic and
semi-automatic weapons. They are not necessary to shoot game, but
they are very good for shooting people which is what thugs, criminals
and lunatics do.

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