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The Second Amendment was not written in isolation. It sits on the same foundation as every other right. You do not get free speech if the state decides who may speak. You do not get due process if the state decides who is dangerous. You do not get bodily... autonomy if the state decides what is “reasonable.” When one amendment is treated as optional, the rest follow. History is clear. Governments do not restrain themselves. They are restrained when they hit resistance. The Constitution is a package deal. You either defend all of it, or you lose it piece by piece. Rights do not exist because the government allows them. Rights exist because the people already had them. John “TIG” Tiegen Semper Fishow more

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