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why we still need the 2nd amendment today and why government is better off being smaller rather than larger........

she should be fired immediately for screwing the pooch so badly in the Aaron Swartz case

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Why????????????

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to protect ourselves from an increasingly incompetent legal system.......I simply cannot entrust our government to assure my best interests.

The fact that a federal prosecutor drove someone to suicide due to overzealousness makes this necessary...

I'm sorry for what happened in Newtown......doesn't change a thing as long as the primary characterstic of a government person is personal ambition.

just the way it has to be

if Aaron Swartz was my son, I'm not sure I could contain myself

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No one "drives" anyone else to kill themselves.

You've said so yourself.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-...ml#post2572663

Aaron Schwartz had a long history of depression. DId his current troubles add to his anxiety and depression? I'm sure they did - but, in the end, he chose to commit the act which led to his arrest.

As you say, there are consequences to our actions which we, alone, are responsible for.

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doesn't excuse the acts of an overzealous prosecutor basing their case on a 25 year old computer law. an obvious personal ambition drove this to what it was.

the company (JSTOR) did not even want to prosecutre, but that did not stop the ortiz.

this is completely different from any madoff investor

to correlate, this would be like madoff giving the money back to the investor, but the government takes it away and says 'tough' and then the person killing themselves

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To advocate for more gun violence will not solve anything..

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The Second Amendment is just as relevant today as it was when it was enacted.


1.) Protection from tyranny

2.) Protection from foreign threats

3.) Protection of ones person, family, and home

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I heard a taped interview the other day with Aaron Swartz. Wow! The interview took place in the mid 90's, which was of course was when the Internet was fairly new. Aaron was a visionary and was able to nail what the Internet could become. I am always amazed with people that write or create something that is still relevant 100 years later. The Internet still is relatively new, but ranks very high in the world's innovations. Aaron Swartz gave the interview when he was 14 years old.

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Having a gun in one's house for protection seems very standard to me. I'm not sure why anyone would not consider it unless there were problems related to that in that household - mental illness, history of violence, alcoholism and situations like those where more careful thought is needed.

Living here in Rhode Island my house has:

Generator, canned goods, bottled water, shovel, snow blower, ice melt, candles, small propane tanks, extra batteries, fire extinguishers, all exterior doors with door knob lock, dead bolts, chains and I have 3 guns - a 38, 9mm and an old double barrel shotgun. If I have enough time my choice will be the shotgun with the others tucked in my clothes. The dead bolts should give me the time I need.

This satisfies my thinking for possible emergencies ... as the man of the house I feel it's my responsibility to protect my family. Whether or not I'll have capacity to do so is a separate discussion ... but hopefully I can react as needed. If someone feels the need to have a semi automatic rifle in their house ... I see no problem with that.

I'm not willing to roll the dice - gambling is not my style I would rather be prepared and thankfully the 2nd Amendment allows me the freedom to protect my family as needed.

I have no problem with tightened restrictions of gun laws, better screening to get them, licensing, training, better protection in the mental health category. But I do think there has been a major over reaction to the Sandy Hook tragedy. if the passion was there on this issue where was it after Aurora or before Sandy Hook? True passion of a cause should not need tragedy to bring about more awareness.

I think many people who already hated guns are using it to strengthen their own gun opinions. it's near impossible to protect for everything and sadly there will be more tragedies that will probably have more creative ways to create carnage. Those intent on mass killings ... especially if they want to kill themselves will just go the suicide vest route if they cannot get a gun. or they may go the car bomb route ... more alertness by ordinary citizens and family members is the answer to reducing violent deaths.

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I think most Progressives think that the state will be protecting them and the reality is that the police have no obligation to protect individual citizens (unless they have committed to some special relationship).

Everyone is responsible for their own protection.