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Ron Paul on NRA
« on: December 25, 2012, 09:13:07 AM »
Ron Paul makes points I think are worth considering:


Ron Paul Slams NRA Proposal


Everybody’s favorite libertarian has some choice words for the NRA’s proposal to have armed officers guard every school. “School shootings, no matter how horrific, do not justify creating an Orwellian surveillance state in America,” the Republican congressman said in a statement Monday. Paul is the first GOP member in Congress to publically oppose the NRA’s plan. “Do we really want to live in a world of police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors, X-ray scanners, and warrantless physical searches?” Paul asked. The congressman also shunned the proposal for more gun control, saying it only provides the illusion of government protection............



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/24/ron-paul-rips-nra-plan-for-officers-in-every-school/?test=latestnews


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liberal Justice Hugo Black said, and I quote: "There are 'absolutes' in our Bill of Rights, and they were put there on purpose by men who knew what words meant and meant their prohibitions to be 'absolutes.'" End quote. From a recent article by Wayne LaPierre NRA

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2012, 06:48:12 PM »
If he has a better and workable solution, let's hear it !
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2012, 01:17:49 AM »
We already "live in a world of police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors, X-ray scanners, and warrantless physical searches"!

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2013, 05:15:03 AM »
Good man, Ron Paul.
Jesus said we should treat other as we'd want to be treated... and he didn't qualify that by their party affiliation, race, or even if they're of diff religion.

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2013, 11:11:44 AM »
Paul read a lot more into the NRA statement than I did. Of course he is a lot smarter than I am is probably why. He managed to get elected to Congress where he gets better medical care and a huge retirement among other things compared to me for doing virtually nothing during his tenure except talking.

I realise that many on here consider him almost a saint but to me he is just another windbag in Congress. He is the perfect example of the old Texas saying "All hat, no cattle".

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 03:43:34 AM »
Paul read a lot more into the NRA statement than I did. Of course he is a lot smarter than I am is probably why. He managed to get elected to Congress where he gets better medical care and a huge retirement among other things compared to me for doing virtually nothing during his tenure except talking.

I realise that many on here consider him almost a saint but to me he is just another windbag in Congress. He is the perfect example of the old Texas saying "All hat, no cattle".

If you did a little research you'd see that Ron Paul does not participate in the congressional medical care or retirement plans.
 
Then again, it's easier just to slam him with falsehoods because you don't like him than do research.
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2013, 03:55:21 AM »
So can we assume Ron Paul feels that our money in banks should recieve better protection than our children ?
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2013, 07:33:08 AM »
Allow teachers, or anyone who clears instruction classes, to be armed.

I agree we are getting way too damn close to a police state and the NRA pushes us closer.

They play politics and to expose the asinine stance of "gun free" zones, much less saying simply these laws,  allowed the murder dozens of our children is not proper politics.

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2013, 07:44:26 AM »
Paul read a lot more into the NRA statement than I did. Of course he is a lot smarter than I am is probably why. He managed to get elected to Congress where he gets better medical care and a huge retirement among other things compared to me for doing virtually nothing during his tenure except talking.

I realise that many on here consider him almost a saint but to me he is just another windbag in Congress. He is the perfect example of the old Texas saying "All hat, no cattle".

If you did a little research you'd see that Ron Paul does not participate in the congressional medical care or retirement plans.
 
Then again, it's easier just to slam him with falsehoods because you don't like him than do research.

Yep , Don't let facts , science , or truth get in the way.
Just say something long enough so people might just start believing appears to be common themes nowadays.
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2013, 07:49:37 AM »
Allow teachers, or anyone who clears instruction classes, to be armed.

I agree we are getting way too damn close to a police state and the NRA pushes us closer.

They play politics and to expose the asinine stance of "gun free" zones, much less saying simply these laws,  allowed the murder dozens of our children is not proper politics.

 
Ok then allow all to go armed if they wish like back in the day.
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2013, 05:16:12 AM »
So can we assume Ron Paul feels that our money in banks should recieve better protection than our children ?
My bank doesn't have armed guards. It does have free coffee and cookies. I have not seen armed guards in banks for years. Insurance is cheaper than hiring guards and less likely to get one sued.

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2013, 05:24:33 AM »
Who guards our children when they are out of school? In the park? At friends' homes? Home alone?
Learn to live with it. Tragedies happen every day. We can never make life 100% safe but our obsession with that goal is making life less bearable. A child dies in school shooting, or drowns, or killed in auto accident, or house fire, are they not equally tragic. Is the child not just as dead? Do the survivors not grieve just as much. What is the difference? One is a family tragedy, the other is a media event. One is soon forgotten by all but their intimates. The other is exploited for as long as it is profitable.
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2013, 06:39:08 AM »
Allow teachers, or anyone who clears instruction classes, to be armed.

I agree we are getting way too damn close to a police state and the NRA pushes us closer.

They play politics and to expose the asinine stance of "gun free" zones, much less saying simply these laws,  allowed the murder dozens of our children is not proper politics.

 
Ok then allow all to go armed if they wish like back in the day.

Yes 100% on both replies!

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2013, 12:55:54 PM »

Then again, it's easier just to slam him with falsehoods because you don't like him than do research.
I did quite a lot of research on his voting record and listed several votes giving H.B. #s in my Sig line along with the many times he just didn't bother to vote.
But someone couldn't stand the truth and deleted them.   I wonder who??
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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2013, 01:54:55 PM »
Good man, Ron Paul.

My azz!  This guy is a crank!  Good riddance.
 
 
Too bad he can't learn some civility from his son.

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Re: Ron Paul on NRA
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2013, 02:07:16 PM »

Too bad he can't learn some civility from his son.
agreed...
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