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Creative Speculation

slightlv

(4,325 posts)

7. So much... from guns to drugs...

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Jul 5, 2023, 07:31 PM

Jul 2023

was predicated on this country's obsession with getting something for nothing (slave labor) and the hatred of the other... usually black and hispanic peoples. Nixon hated blacks... he hated hippies...which is why we've been tortured with drug laws since the 1970's. Until this country faces up to it's systemic racism we'll never get anywhere.

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If the founding fathers would have known what the 2nd Amendment was going to do to our future, [View all] Stuart G Jul 2023 OP

I think they would have been a lot clearer and detailed about it. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2023 #1

So do I..I agree with your opinion...maybe "restrictions on owning guns." Stuart G Jul 2023 #3

They would've added the words: yonder Jul 2023 #2

"Well rgulated Militial".was a reason for "police.". There were no "Police Departments" then. Stuart G Jul 2023 #4

Sarcasm, I'll edit. yonder Jul 2023 #8

The Founding Fathers didn't understand the science of statistics and the left side of the mental 303squadron Jul 2023 #5

It was and is too vague. usonian Jul 2023 #6

So much... from guns to drugs... slightlv Jul 2023 #7