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Old 02-25-2007, 18:26   #15
The Reaper
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"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin.

Trust me, today, all they wanted to ban yesterday was machine guns, sawed off shotguns and rifles, and suppressors.

Today they want to ban assault rifles. Tomorrow sniper rifles, then any long gun with a mag over five rounds.

The day after that, small easily concealed pistols, then large, "high powered" pistols, after that, magazine fed pistols.

They will come for his (and the others') hunting guns soon enough. Look at England.

TR

"Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte."

- Pastor Martin Niemöller

Translated:

"When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out."
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