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    Reuters Top News‏Verified account @Reuters 17 Jan 2013

    People do not need assault weapons: defense secretaryhttp://reut.rs/XcEz9J 

    6:24 AM - 17 Jan 2013
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    • Wesley Haines Gregory Cohen Tom Graham Aron Roach barbara maggi & Fairy Iliana R.Santibáñez Wil Daniel Dean
    17 replies 68 retweets 18 likes
      1. David T Wood‏ @wooddt99 17 Jan 2013
        Replying to @Reuters

        @Reuters I don't think the 2nd amendment was written with assult rifles in mind.

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      1. Captain Jack‏ @JacobusBakker 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters good mr. secretary so lets disarm and close the Pentagon.Captain Jack at http://www.endofchaos.eu 

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      1. Kevin Cagle‏ @kdcagle 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters I'm pretty sure the people in Washington have decided what's best for us and what it is we need long enough. When will it stop?

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      1.  ❌Rightwing 🇺🇸Badboy™‏ @PatriotJackIII 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters ...you mean.... people with assault weapons don't need the defense secretary......

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      1. Deirdre Fibiger‏ @DeirdreProperty 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters If he takes them from his bodyguards only then is his statement acceptable. Unless he is not "people"

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      1. Macca West‏ @MaccaWest 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters I'm not scared of people with guns, I'm scared of a government with guns. US becoming more socialist by the day. #comradobama

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      1. You call me an Extremist!‏ @CallMeExtreme 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters The second amendment specificaly covers weapons designed for war. People this is not about hunting. #nra #ccw

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      1. Russell Hall‏ @Russ7860 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters we do when then government turns on its own people,yes it could happen

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      1. manooch kargar‏ @ma000111 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters WORD assault IS self explanatory ,

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      1. b.p.‏ @belikewater201 17 Jan 2013
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        @reuters: Wondering How Many Reps&Sens Remain #ProUSA #Sovereignty & #Constitution & #BillOfRights In DC Congress? #SGP #tcot #p2

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      1. Joe M. Simmons‏ @law5arbiter 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters However, the DOD not only needs them but also when to use them, a fact lacking in the Benghazi fiasco. Penatta begone.

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      1. Stephen_P‏ @perrotti2012 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters there is public support in West palm.

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      2. glenn‏ @glenn7673 17 Jan 2013
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        @Reuters ban all weapons around the world use the money for something worthwhile !!

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      3. Tom Janosik‏ @Tom3dJay 17 Jan 2013
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        @glenn7673 what? That doesn't even make sense

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