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zxcvbob · December 30, 2012, 06:16 PM

The 1st Amendment is about the right of the people to petition their government; it's bigger than that, but that's the central ideal. The 2nd Amendment is about making the government listen to those petitions. Try reading them together like a paragraph instead of just #1 and #2 on a list.

December 30, 2012, 06:16 PM	#25
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,660	The 1st Amendment is about the right of the people to petition their government; it's bigger than that, but that's the central ideal. The 2nd Amendment is about making the government listen to those petitions. Try reading them together like a paragraph instead of just #1 and #2 on a list. __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"