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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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Alyssa Milano

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Feb 15, 2019

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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Feb 15, 2019

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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Guns kill people all on their own?

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People who shouldn’t have guns but are given access to them due to lax gun laws kill people. States are saying no to permitting systems, no to background checks on every sale, no to extreme risk protection orders. We could fix THAT.

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Well said.

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I always tell them go carry it in the courthouse since it's "your right" or the airport.

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You can carry in a airport, or hospital etc.

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Bravo! Thanks for speaking up. I took my 16 yr old to a concert tonight in dwtown LA, as I waited outside to pick her, up I thought over and over again please don’t let there be a shooting. Not jeez I hope the singer/band was worth the money. Disgusting state of affairs.

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- That’s a false dichotomy. We “zealots” don’t want guns to get in wrong hands. We also don’t want guns kept out of the right hands.

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But if you’re the “right hands”, then regulations like a criminal and mental health check and competence test wouldn’t be a problem, would it? (Serious question)