1. Hey, 2A zealots!
Let’s talk about the 2nd Amendment for a second, shall we?
Gun lovers: “Shut up, Melissa Alano, you haven’t been relevant since Who’s The Boss & I’m just practicing my 2nd amendment rights. It’s my constitutional right to own guns. You can’t have my guns.”
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2. My response to all of you 2Aers is this:
If you’re in the National Guard, you can carry an M16. If you’re in your house defending your family, well, the Supreme Court said that’s OK too.
You have the right to bear arms.
BUT...AND IT IS A BIG FUCKING BUT...
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3. But...there’s nothing in 2A that prevents sensible regulation.
That’s why you’re not ‘practicing’ your constitutional right to bear arms w/ a pipe bomb or sarin gas or a Huey.
We the People get to decide how ‘well-regulated’ you are.
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4. In closing, I ask gun zealots this:
Don’t you want the country to be a safer place? For your loved ones? For your babies?
We only want regulation. We only want to ensure guns don’t get into the wrong hands. We only want to live in a country free of preventable gun violence.
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When the 2nd Amendment was written in 1791, these weapons didn't even exist.
Our Founding Fathers couldn't have predicted how powerful guns would become. There is a difference between bearing arms and bearing weapons of mass destruction.
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They will comment that the framers didn’t know how powerful the internet would become. And will we be regulating the 1st Amendment too?
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I think most people agree with you, the problem is that the NRA, using gun manufacturer money, is very effective at lobbying and turning the conversation toxic. When there is big money involved we get fooled into thinking that the people are divided, like with climate change.
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Just to quibble a bit, if relevance is based on TV shows, I would say your relevance scale was higher with Charmed than Who's The Boss.
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