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Second Amendment Blues

SECOND AMENDMENT BLUES

This is a common sense appeal to ban the sale and eventual possession of assault weapons in the U.S. for other than law enforcement and military uses. It also supports a ban on those aftermarket accessories such as bump stocks that enhance the lethality of unmodified weapons. It does not impede or criminalize the possession of other weapons typically used for self-defense, hunting or sport shooting within federal and state laws. Assault weapons that are privately owned can be retrieved...

Dog with guilty conscience

JAMES MADISON ON CONSCIENCE

“The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.” – James Madison Introduction Our democracy and our republican form of government is based on the U.S. Constitution.  But there are differences of opinion today in how the Constitution should be interpreted and applied in our society, and what the proper...