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> It took 11 months

Maybe it should take 11 months to register to vote?

> I, like most people, don't actually have a "need" for guns

That's awesome for you, truly! The government is notoriously bad at making subjective decisions for the population at large, however, which is why staunch regulation is met with such resistance.

> home defense isn't a need; it's an excuse

I need to defend my home: I am not physically capable, nor should I be required to take the risk of engaging a violent, felonious aggressor or his posse with my bare hands.

I can't afford to live in a great area, so burglaries are quite common. Do I have less of a right to defend myself because I am poor?

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Simply put: the Second Amendment grants me the right to keep and bear a firearm, as affirmed and reaffirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States of America. I don't need any excuse or rationalization: jurists much smarter than I have done that for society at large.




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