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Originally Posted by MathGeek
Banning guns would be a violation of civil rights, and Payton's comments make it clear he is advocating for additional gun restrictions:
"I hate guns. ... I've heard people argue that everybody needs a gun. That's madness. I know there are many kids who grow up in a hunting environment. I get that. But there are places, like England, where even the cops don't have guns," Payton said.
He looked up information on the internet about the .45 large caliber gun that killed Smith.
"We could go online and get 10 of them, and have them shipped to our house tomorrow," Payton said. "I don't believe that was the intention when they allowed for the right for citizens to bear arms."
"Two hundred years from now, they're going to look back and say, 'What was that madness about?' " Payton told Jarrett Bell and USA Today. "The idea that we need them to fend off intruders ... people are more apt to draw them (in other situations). That's some silly stuff we're hanging onto."
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is not "some silly stuff we're hanging onto." It is a fundamental civil right guaranteed both by the US and the Louisiana Constitutions.
See: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...th-i-hate-guns
Perhaps the problem would be clearer for some if he was advocating taking away the right to vote rather than RKBA. |
And some stooge *** football coach isn't gonna change any of that. These stupid athletes, coaches and actors think they can just spout their opinion, and that it's going to mean something.
His opinion doesn't mean any more than anyone else's. If this idiot can't realize that bad people will find ways to do bad things, then that's him.
You honestly believe this idiot can sway political matters? That just shows how dumb politicians, and people, are if they are swayed by what some overpaid football coach has to say.
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