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Jan. 22, 2013 11:46pm Jason Howerton

NRAs Wayne LaPierre Gives Major Response to Obamas Inaugural Address

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. Credit: Getty Images

Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre issued a scathing review of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address, saying the president expects Americans to accept his flawed interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and the Second Amendment.

“He wants you, all of you, and Americans across this country to accept the idea of principles as he sees fit,” LaPierre said. “It’s a way of redefining words so that common sense is turned upside down, and nobody knows the difference.”

“We as gun owners face that same kind of false ultimatum,” he added. “We are told that to stop insane killers, we must accept less freedom.”

That is not the solution, LaPierre explained. Nonetheless, Obama believes the only “principled way to make children safe is to make lawful citizens less safe” through gun control.

“Criminals couldn’t care less about Obama’s so-called principles, that’s why they are criminals,” LaPierre said to applause. “You all know that.”

Obama wants you to believe that putting the federal government right in the middle of every firearms transaction, except those between criminals, will somehow make the country safer, the NRA executive vice president lamented.

“He wants to keep all those names in a massive federal registry. There are only two reasons for such a registry of gun owners, that is to tax them or take them,” he added.

Watch LaPierre’s entire speech below:

LaPierre went on: “Mr. President, just because you wish words meant something other than what they mean, you don’t have the right to define them anyway you want. Because when words can mean anything, they mean nothing.”

President Obama subtly addressed the nation’s gun lobby at the end of his inaugural speech, hinting that his administration will continue taking action on guns.

“Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm,” Obama said on Monday. “Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time — but it does require us to act in our time,”

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after his speech at the ceremonial swearing-in during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Credit: Getty Images

LaPierre argues Obama is overstepping his authority by going after semi-automatic rifles. He said Americans’ inalienable rights, like the right to bear arms, are “God-given freedoms” that can not be infringed.

“They belong to us…no government gave them to us and no government can ever take them away,” he said.

“We’re not people to be trivialized, marginalized or demonized as unreasonable. We’re not children who need to be parented or misguided ‘bitter clingers,’” he concluded. “We believe in the right to defend ourselves…We believe in our country, we believe in our Bill of Rights and we believe in our Second Amendment.”

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Comments (123)

BehindBlueEyes
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:25am
Obama pulled the same crap with healthcare. Because a small fraction of the population that didn’t have health care Obama decided he’d change everyone’s health care to accommodate those that wen’t insured. He’s now doing a variation on a theme with guns. Because of a few crack pots he coming after our guns.
It’s all a ruse with the ultimate goal to have government control our lives. Communism is all about government control and is the antithesis of freedom. Obama has lived a life that was deeply influenced by communism and Islam.

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- MittensKittens
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:10am
  Americans tend to forget why we have freedom…and what happened to get the freedom we had…
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-APfe3i8Q this is what happened to the 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:35am
  Spread the word – Here is the link to Utah Sheriffs’ Association Letter to Obma
  
  http://www.utahsheriffs.org/USA-Home_files/2nd%20Amendment%20Letter_1.pdf
  
  How many other groups of elected law enforcement official are willing to hold their Oath sacred and defend the Constitution with their lives?
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:40am
  I wonder if the goons at MSNBC’s Morning Joe will go a nutball crazy over this as they did the NRA ad pointing out the President’s utter hypocrisy?
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/msnbc-morning-joe-crew-has-hissy-fit-tantrum-over-nra-elitist-liberal-ad/
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:42am
  .
  The Magic N-g-o has no idea what he has awakened…………………
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:44am
  of the original 10 amendments, i cant think of a single one that government hasnt torn apart or made a mockery of
  
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- Techcon
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 9:13am
  “Regressives” (Spoiled Brats) are just plain STUPID: they try to mollify the CAUSE by attacking the EFFECT.
  
  Guns don’t CAUSE people to kill—the bullet impacting flesh is the last link of a long chain of broken, willful human actions.
  
  There was a WHOLE lot of murder LONG before the “gun” appeared.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 9:59am
  I guess God changes his mind from time to time about what rights He has given us. Guess who the following quote is from!
  
  “First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools, period … with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel.
  
  We believe America’s schools should be as safe as America’s airports. You can’t talk about, much less take, bombs and guns onto airplanes.Such behavior in our schools should be prosecuted just as certainly as such behavior in our airports is prosecuted.”
  
  Who said that? President Obama? Some raving left wing lunatic? Some freak lefty trying to take away our freedoms who doesn’t care about the safety of our children?
  
  Wrong! That was Wayne LaPierre, addressing members of the NRA after Columbine.
  
  http://web.archive.org/web/20000925141339/http://nrahq.com/transcripts/denver_wlp.shtml
  
  So God wanted one thing 1999, and now HE wants something else. That only goes to show that the Lord giveth rights and freedoms, and the Lord taketh them away. Or vice versa.
  
  Hat’s off to Wayne LaPierre for keeping us up to date on God’s latest opinions!
  
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- term limits for congress
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:08am
  “We must act now!”
  
  barry told us that obamacare would fix the economy. I wonder if he will tell the same lie about gun control. Nah – it will probably save the environment – all that CO2 from bullets, ya know.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:46am
  “Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time — but it does require us to act in our time,”
  
  Yes, yes it does. The Constitution defines the role of govt FOR ALL TIME. Sure you can act in “our time” all you want as long as it is within the confines of The Constitution. Anything outside of it is null and void on its face and will not be obeyed, and will be actively refused.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:57am
  LaPierre stands on a platform made from the tiny caskets of dead children. There is a special place in hell for him and others that would rather see the merchants of death increase profits than see children safe in school.
  
  He knows the fools on the right are too stupid to see through his lies and he and the NRA will continue to put at risk this nation’s children if it mean a gun maker could make and additional dollar.
- Silvertruth
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:03am
  Meteors-
  
  If your quote is accurate, it appears damning… doesn’t it. After all, it’s completely non-sequitor to have the same man be for gun-free schools yet be calling for guns in schools right?
  
  Yes, it is if you take a simplistic all or nothing position. After Colobine, there was a different political landscape and the cry for massive gun control wasn’t as loud. That was a high-school incident with very troubled teens. There was a different feel. Not like now where the voices for gun control are so loud, so shrill that Pierre is taking a very loud and very shrill stance himself. Part of good analysis is looking at the whole picture, not just cherry picking situations and slapping them around.
  
  You can also ask that schools have stricter requirements for carry on campus than other areas, the difference is ‘gun free zones’ which have now conclusively shown they don’t work and in fact, encourage gun violence on campus. By the NRA now asking for armed staff on campus, that returns the idea that the cowardly killer can’t just come onto a campus and know he won’t be challenged. Now he knows he likely will and has no idea where the challenge will come from.
  
  On college campuses, the NRA started strongly supporting armed faculty and students after Virginia Tech. So incidents DO change policy positions, even in the NRA. The problem is, that experience and the current environment is driving positions. Get used to it.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:23am
  @Silvertruth What happened in Texas yesterday, with two students ending an argument in gun fire shows just how safe arming college campuses would be.
- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:07pm
  SilverTruth, the NRA also used to be in favor of closing the “gun show loophole” and now they are against that. Another example of changing in response to new incidents? Not closing the “gun show loophole” will help protect people? Sorry, the NRA has simply shifted positions and not based on the opinions of their membership or events. They’ve simply become more strident against any gun control.
  
  You say, “The difference is ‘gun free zones’ which have now conclusively shown[n] they don’t work and in fact, encourage gun violence on campus.” That’s false. Gun deaths by far most occur where guns are allowed. So in terms of numbers, gun free zones are safer. Second, Virginia Tech had campus police. Didn’t help. Columbine had two armed policemen. Didn’t help. When Jared Loughner started his mass murder a cop was right there on the scene. Didn’t help.
  
  You never went to college I take it, or you’d know that more students having guns in that alcohol fueled environment is going to make things more dangerous, not less. The NRA idea of increasing safety is so irrational I can’t believe a sane person could believe it. Give all teachers guns, the janitors too, put a policemen in every movie theater and every Luby’s and every McDonalds (all scenes of mass murder) and just having more and more guns – although we are already #1 in the world! – is crazy.
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:25pm
  What happened in Texas yesterday, with two students ending an argument in gun fire shows just how safe arming college campuses would be.
  http://www.ktrh.com/pages/Connected.html?_show
  jesse jackson would tell you that it’s miller time
  
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- addisamba
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:35pm
  @sendthemeteors
  1. Did Wayne LaPierre claim he was speaking for God?
  
  2. “First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools, period … with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel. We believe America’s schools should be as safe as America’s airports. You can’t talk about, much less take, bombs and guns onto airplanes.Such behavior in our schools should be prosecuted just as certainly as such behavior in our airports is prosecuted.”
  
  This May 1999 statement was apparently in response to Hillary Clinton’s April 1999 speech, in which she totally mischaracterized the NRA as being against ANY safety measures involving guns and explosives, including removing metal detectors from airports (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/apr/27/usgunviolence.usa4).
  
  Have we come up with a good way to create “absolutely gun-free” schools? Has the government developed school security systems that are as fail-safe (ha) as airport security systems? At least not on a wide scale. While I can’t speak for Wayne LaPierre or the NRA, I can guess that their position is still the same – “Absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools, period, with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel.” But if you can’t keep all the guns out, at least have a sufficient number of armed “good guys”
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:40pm
  @ SENDinthemixbagofnutz hit us with the facts: WHAT you have none:
  
  “When Jared Loughner started his mass murder a cop was right there on the scene. Didn’t help.” again Facts for us Send. There was no police there. Loughner was tackled and held down by several bystanders till police arrived. I m concerned about you SEND – Loughner is a liberal leftist like yourself. You may be prone to violence if people do not see things your way.
  
  Send: What groups do you belong to and how much assistance do you receive from the US Government?
  
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- addisamba
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:58pm
  …continued
  
  But if you can’t keep all the guns out, at least have a sufficient number of armed “good guys” to counter the armed “bad guys.”
  
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- Perkins
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:27pm
  sendthemeteors writes
  “Gun deaths by far most occur where guns are allowed. So in terms of numbers, gun free zones are safer. ”
  Thus far, the argument against gun free zones revolves around the increased danger of mass shootings posed by having many people unarmed in one place. Yet meteor’s response is to assert a person is more likely to be shot outside gun free zones. Unfortunately for the argument, those shootings are not generally mass shootings, nor do they use the “assault rifles” being targeted by legislation. Thus we see how meteors shifts the argument by equivocating all shooting deaths to mass shooting deaths.
  
  I do not know meteors personally, and thus cannot discern whether this person has the requisite intelligence to make such disingenuous statements intentionally, but I can say the vast majority of liberals do not seem to understand that such reasoning is beyond useless.
  
  Unfortunately, our culture has adopted the “words can mean anything” attitude thereby opening the door to amphiboly and sophistry being taken as rational dialogue.
  
  Be always watchful for such errors and do not fall into the trap of engaging them on their terms. Rather, require that they stay on topic and be clear and concise.
  
  Such as, meteors, what weapons do you believe citizens should be allowed, and how do you propose to keep the government from becoming the next Nazi Germany and killing far more children than all mass shootings in the last century?
  
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- bumpkin
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:51pm
  Its NOT “because of a few crackpots he’s coming after our guns.” No. Its because of COMMUNISM he’s coming after our guns. It actually has absolutely nothing to do with the (mostly) arranged school shootings. Because if it really DID have to do with the school shootings, it would not be happening, since it will have absolutely zero effect on incidences of school shootings- unless, of course, after we are disarmed, there is no longer a need for school shootings. Read up on, and study RFID chip technology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qf1lwmWjusI#!
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 8:52pm
  The community organizer campaigned on anti-gay marriage, no gun control, a balanced budget, sensible health care legislation, etc.
  
  It was apparent during his inaugral speech that he was lying all the while and that he’s now out of the closet openly deliniating every single one of the dictates he intends to impose on this society in spite of the fact that the majority of the people don’t want them.
  
  All politicians lie, But this one is the biggest deceiver and liar of them all.
  
  Justice will be served when he sees his economy go down in flames, with rioting and armed conflict in the streets.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:31pm
  Hi Perkins. How long did it take you to write that post? There sure are lots of big – polysyllabic – words. Where did I use “amphiboly” in my post? Nice try with the word though. I can see you have the “requisite intelligence” to make a pseudo-intellectual post. Great, I hope you get an “A” with your new found fans here.
  
  Now if you’d had the “requisite intelligence” to graduate from college, you’d know that encouraging college students to carry guns is a really an idea showing a lack of “requisite intelligence”, but no matter.
  
  You ask me what weapons I think citizens should be allowed to own? By asking that question, you show some recognition that there are limits to what weapons people should be allowed to own. You’re showing more “requisite intelligence” than the NRA or most here. Okay, big topic but I’ll give you an answer. I don’t think citizens should be allowed to own incendiary or explosive or armor piercing bullets (“cop killing bullets). Do you agree or disagree? What limits do you see?
  
  And to your most ludicrous statement, that only guns – you imply – can prevent the US from becoming NAZI Germany? Huh? If only guns can prevent the Democracies from becoming dictatorships, then you should worry about the UK, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands and all the rest of the Democracies in the world. They have more restrictive gun laws that we. So Democracy can only survive with guns? Try that little essay in your next class, but tha
  
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burke
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:51am
I’ll put a bullet in the eye of anyone who tries to come take mine,

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- encinom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:05am
  And that is why you and other gun nuts need to be disarmed. When cowards like yourself value your security blanket over the life of a fellow human you prove that you lack the morality and intelligence to own a gun.
- fixer
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:33am
  the times gonna come encinom (or whatever dumb name you are using today). that people like you will be found and hung for the treasonist POS that you are.Perhaps you should book passage NOW for whatever Communist country would accept your sorry ass.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:41am
  @Fixer, your comments only prove the gun nuts and the other fringe rghties are nothing more than fasicists seeking to destroy the Republic and the Constitution and replace it with a Tea Party backed theocracy.
DIR
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:24am
“NRA Issues ‘Major Response’ to Obama’s Inaugural Address: No Gov’t Can Ever Take Away Our ‘God-Given Freedoms’”

The left, with the help of big media, is sure going to try!

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- burke
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:47am
  When they try, we then use our guns, that’s one reason why the founders said we should have them. And trust me Obama , we will use them.
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:53am
  @Burke – I call you out as a liberal leftist trying to portray Firearms owners are fringe nut jobs – your true colors came out when you responded to the KKK article: “The KKK and the NRA should merge. Strength in numbers.”
  
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Jamboree
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:39am
A disturbing report. Military leaders asked if they would fire on Americans. Is the stage being set? http://www.prisonplanet.com/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-obama-asks-military-leaders-if-they-will-fire-on-us-citizens.html

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- propel7
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:14am
  How about if they would fire on marxist trash representatives?
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:49am
  Alex Jones is a wack-job …end of story
  
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- techengineer11
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:46am
  RepubliCorp
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:49am
  Alex Jones is a wack-job …end of story
  
  Even a blind squirrel gets a nut every now and again..
  
  We all know and understand that we are under an ocupation and that these vile filthy marxist maggots that are running our country do not have our best interests at heart.
  
  For me a person who has studied 20 century Marxism indepthly, I know where this is going. This will come to a head soon and I’m not very optomistic about our future because I know how ruthless these animals are..
  
  Anyway, where there’s smoke there’s usually at least a spark.
  
  Make note.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:52am
  Thank God for Alex Jones because he is dedicated to exposing the corruption, lies, and big government tyrants that rule this country.
  
  And he doesnt feel the need to talk about his vacations, lost rings, or recent eating habits in order to keep his audience interested
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:29am
There still may be hope for our children even though they are being bombarded with political correctness. I was standing on my front deck and I have foliage that gives me privacy. I was watching three little five year olds playing army with their nurf guns. They had all the moves down and it was fun to watch boys still playing like boys. Out of know where there was a kid about twelve that told them he wanted their guns and started bullying them and grabbing one of the kids guns, these were also their Christmas presents. Just as I was about to walk down and confront this bully, one of the little ones hit the older kid back behind his knees with his nurf gun and he landed on his ****. The one little one who’s gun he tried to steal, jump on him and was really wailing on him. I rushed down so the little ones wouldn’t be hurt or them hurt the bigger kid and more. It broke up with me walking up and the big kid was crying. I told him that this was our cul-de-sac and if I saw him here messing with these kids again I would march him home to his parents after calling the police for being a bully and that if he wanted his parents to talk to me I was very much available. The little guys went back to playing army and having a good time.

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- Kara_ite
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:28am
  Thank you for taking care of the bully! I love it.
  
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stealthseesall
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:12am
IF only the NRA would issue FATWA’S like the muslims do then maybe the libs would stop this crap in a hurry. I say NRA members say BRING IT ON. The concept is MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION but instead of using nukes use guns.
What good is the life of a tyrant when they and their familes are destroyed.
I say CALL THEIR BLUFF. We have THE GUNS. WE are the BIG BOYS on the Block!!
Yes they can kill some of us but do they think they wont incure losses?
I already know the NON WHITES will not fight for the oligarchs.
They only have the traitorous whites in law enforcement that will try to fend us off.
Probably most of them would rather live with their wives and kids on our side then to die for oligarchs.
AS an NRA member i would like to see them MAKE THE GOVT an offer it cant refuse. and to tell the democratic libs to shove it up their @ss

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- DonaldH
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:12am
  It’s time to go DARK— no more talk
  
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republitarian
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:17am
I’ve always thought that the NRA was a little soft on the second amendment. But Wayne is solid with the word! (That’s a little Christian lingo there)

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- Dr Vel
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:43am
  The NRA needs to read the following:
  
  http://www.infowars.com/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-obama-asks-military-leaders-if-they-will-fire-on-us-citizens/
  
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RVing-Patriot
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:41am
Here’s an idea.
All arms manufacturers and dealers shall refuse to sell weaponry to law enforcement that is not approved for the general public.
Download poster here: http://goo.gl/qwhT9

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- republitarian
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:22am
  Great idea! I’ll pass it on.
  
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roscoe569
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:19am
The NRA’s agenda is to convince the gullible ones that the government is becoming tyrannical and will change the second Amendment, thus motivating everyone who buys this bs to buy as many guns as possible. This keeps the gun makers wealthy, who in turn pay off your ” trustworthy” NRA.
You’ve been had! Stop being so paranoid. Obama won the election twice in a row! He has the mandate to govern from the MAJORITY of the American public……and you can’t stand it , can you?

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- WYCowboy
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:46am
  No sir, you are somewhat mistaken, Won’t stand for it! Would be the more appropriate statement.
  I won’t tolerate the callous disregard of the constitution by any official no matter weather I voted for him or not.
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:51am
  @roscoe569
  You tell em roscoe and don’t forget those anti govt movies coming from hollywood that tell stories of bad guy rogue US govt agents, rogue cops. Also those scarey future dystopian society movies. How about we start burning books too! Hells bells the Prezzy just ought to get rid of the 1st Amendment as well because of all those movies, books and speech are fueling right wing paranoia!
  
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- subic
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:52am
  ROSCOE you don’t know very much about checks & balances within out government do you?
  
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- Case_Logic
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:54am
  2nd Amendment, Litte One. I beleive the dog whistles are calling.
  
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- WinstonSmith99
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:00am
  You really think that this is a scam to sell guns? That is the biggest bunch of bunk I’ve ever heard. Obama wants to pass laws which even his side admits would not stop school shootings. All the facts show that gun control does not help but actually hurts. Before you go quoting England, it’s true shootings went down when they banned guns, BUT violent crime is way up. Baseball bats are a huge seller in England and they don’t pay baseball. So, if Obama wants to pass gun laws that will not stop school shootings, what else does he want to control them for? Chairman Obama wants to control guns because he wants more power and guns in the hands of citizens endangers his anti-constitution agenda. He can only win elections by buying moocher’s votes with government checks and stuffing voting boxes with more votes than registered voters. When he lies and cheats about practically everything (Fast and Furious, Obamacare, Bengazi, etc.) you call it paranoia to not believe he has an agenda about guns. You are the gullible one, not me.
  
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- phil1765
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:14am
  roscoe569
  Are you really that stupid? A mandate to govern does not mean that he has the right to infringe on rights stated in the constitution you moron. Do you really think that it stops there once he has decided who can and who can’t own a gun and what type of gun they can own? You might be educated but educated really has absolutely nothing to do with being smart. Your idiot president has an ideology and he will not bend from it. If you can’t see that you are either blind or just so enamored with him that you refuse to see. This countries economy has been in the crapper for 5 years now and he has done nothing to improve it and even with spending that no US president came close to he can’t turn it around. That is his ideology at work, he thinks that government can spend the economy out of recession and reality says that is just not possible especially if what you are spending is on frivolous things like all the green energy crap he has been spreading. You seem to be under the impression that the United States is a democracy and that he should be able to do whatever he wants, but I am here to tell you that we are not a mob rule country, we are a democratic republic and that means that even though we disagree you can’t just dismiss my opinion because it doesn’t match yours. You might be in a slight majority but that doesn’t mean that it is your way or the highway.
  
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- grimmster
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:41am
  @roscoe aka encinom.
  F-n idiot………
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:08am
  ROSCOE569, LOL you are one funny dude. Maybe you can take that crap to a stage and do some stand up comedy. Got your Roscoe? What a site name too, Roscoe is another slang term for gun.
  
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- JAWSnAZ
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:08am
  @ Rosco – “Obama won the election twice in a row! He has the mandate to govern from the MAJORITY of the American public……and you can’t stand it , can you?”
  
  Thank you for the spectacular display of your ignorance. The United States of America IS and was purposely designed as a Constitutional Republic to protect the “Minority” from the whims of the “Majority.” Don’t take my word for it, do your own open minded research and educate your self.
  
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- El Pistoffo
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 8:01am
  Ignore the minuscule minded insect. It knows not what it does.
  
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- jettson
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:00am
  We didn’t make this fool KING. The NRA is the help we need to stop the tyrants from plowing the people over. the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. I don’t care what this fool thinks he can do.
  
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- term limits for congress
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:04am
  Do you really think harry reid will allow a vote on anything related to gun control? barry can issue his executive orders, but the dims in congress are not going to be forced to pick sides. Admittedly, there is a lot of hot air coming from the repubicans, but this issue is not necessarily partisan.
  
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The-Real-Enrico
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:12am
That speech was quite weak. I wasn’t impressed. He should have hired better speech writers and practiced a little.

He argued from behind the the “founders” but the media education propagate that their are/were moral-less slave owners and un-modern for our time that are racist.

He should have argued from the stance from linked rights of freedom of speak between the 1rst & 2nd amendment, history and principle.

He mostly just ranted about Obama use of terminology of want is a principle. He should have pointed out Obama’s lack of understanding of what a principles are(absolute) and questioned what Obama’s principles are exactly…

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- KevINtampa
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:10am
  You haven’t figured out that you will not swing the media either way? The media is lost my friend, placating and kowtowing to them is beyond ridiculous. It would be like a Russian trying to convince Pravda or Novasti circa 1969. Won’t happen, and it doesn’t matter.
  
  I am leery of the NRA to be sure; but his point about the absolute meaning of the second is strong and resonates – TO ME. And that’s EXACTLY the audience it needs to resonate with. The media is lost, and it’s time that those who disagree with the Liberty of the citizen realize that regardless of how Liberty is painted by anyone, we are ABSOLUTE in our belief of man’s freedom.
  
  There will be more words and actions, for now this speech is what is needed. We are the winning side, we cannot and will not lose our rights; it isn’t possible for us to lose our rights as they are given to us by God and are absolute. Therefore we can not be defeated. And know this, we will be the side that exercises the most patience, losing patience in the a front of the left’s tantrums is exactly where the Marxists want us and that is a goal they will not achieve.
  
  I AM A MAN
  
  I WILL NOT COMPLY
  
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Yakov-Yurovsky
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:06am
Rifleman’s Creed:

This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will…
My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit…
My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will…
Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!

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Norm D. Plume
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:54am
All you need to know about the NRA is here:

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/xcibviewitem.asp?id=3247

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- KevINtampa
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:52am
  Norm, I’ve been saying this and I hope it not to be true; but alas we are of the same mindset:
  
  There’s a lot of extremist talk; FROM THE LEFT. There’s mayors, politicians, professors, and other trolls saying that:
  #1 The 2nd Amendment is for hunting; not protection against tyranny and criminals.
  #2 The 2nd Amendment makes no sense today and all non-hunting weapons, which includes handguns, should be banned.
  #3 A national database that requires access to our medical records in order to purchase and register a firearm.
  #4 A lot of other FAR LEFT EXTREMIST bull.
  
  They are trying to move the Overton Window, the perception of the argument, extremely to the left. They do this so that they can have a “compromise” in this debate that is farther away from center than otherwise could be “reasonably” agreed upon. I fear the NRA will ultimately accept and endorse the compromise the federal government will pass and argue that they did a great job because the result wasn’t as bad as the above points.
  
  HOWEVER, Wayne’s speech hear does indeed spark hope. There is no sliding when dealing with the absolute nature of our inalienable rights, they are indeed absolute. I will remember this speech, it’s the best I’ve heard from anyone yet. It truly spoke to me. I will think of it when I refuse to register or turn in my firearms.
  
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:51am
Until the NRA comes out and apologizes for supporting NFA’34 and GCA’68 and other such laws, they are DEAD to me.

SCREW THE NRA.

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- The-Real-Enrico
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:29am
  I have to agree. They are slowly but surely starting act like the GOP. Selling us out to the progressives and giving in.
  
  I can not in good faith trust them to the/a vanguard for our 2nd amendment right in its full contextual purpose.
  
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- obamas sin laden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:03am
  Wow! You really showed them! We’ll stick it to ‘em just like we did Romney! That’ll show ‘em what we’re all about.
  
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freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:35am
“As Mark Alexander wrote in Sensible Gun Control Policy?, the Second Amendment is a check against tyranny, no more, no less. It has nothing to do with hunting or self-protection, so let us stop talking about ‘sensible gun control’ when any gun control is aimed at disarming the populous in order to gain total dictatorial control.” –Git R Dunn in Alabama

Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/editions/16368/

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Advection
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:31am
Here’s a petition for obama: If gun-free zones are supposed to make us safer, then why isn’t the White House a gun-free zone?

Answer that, Mister Resident.

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- msjoe43
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:17am
  Is there a sign posted on the US Citizens Home – The White House front lawn that states in big bold lettering: THIS HOME IS GUN FREE zone
  
  The criminals seem to forget the meaning of “gun free”: No Guns and No Target practice.
  
  Is there a hug sign on the roof big bold lettering stating: NO FLY ZONE
  
  Remember on September 12, 1994 a stolen Cessna 150 crashed on the South Lawn of the White House pilot Frank Eugene Corder was trying to hit the White House; he was killed.
  
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SUNTZU
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:31am
Obo The Resident of the Outhouse
Left hand on a book he does not believe,Right hand in the air saying he will
defend a piece of paper,he does not believe
I believe it…

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SuperSuineg
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:30am
Canada_Goose

I must’ve missed the part in the Constitution where it says I have a right to a car.

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Advection
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:14am
He said “…when words can mean anything, they mean nothing.”

Exactly! If the intent of the writer is irrelevant, then the Constitution is irrelevant, and all laws are irrelevant. You can’t pick and choose which ones you want! You’re not King!

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- msjoe43
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:46am
  To the people who re-elected him thinks he is THE KING…the chief authority over this country and its people.
  The King will divide this country in half too just like #16 President Abraham Lincoln…who divided The North against The South. . . brother against brother. There will be another United States of America Revolution.
  Who wil prevail ?
  The answers lies within Nostradamus Quatrain.
  
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neverending
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:10am
Have so much admiration and respect for this proven leader. Why can’t we have more just like him? Takes a stand and will not be intimidated or stand down and especially to the brick in chief we are stuck with for 4 more years! Pay attention, listen up and YES take some lessons from the role model.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:16am
  Been silenced.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:20am
  but where are the patriots that were elected to defend the constution……..??????????????????
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:33am
  If he ran for President, I thin he would win.
  
  We need a man like this to motivate enough to vote. Not a man like this:
  
  The candidate reiterated his support for an assault weapons ban contained in Congress’ crime bill, and the Brady law which imposes a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases. ‘I don’t think (the waiting period) will have a massive effect on crime but I think it will have a positive effect,’ Romney said. [The Boston Herald, 8/1/94]
  
  We know where Romney stands on this (unless he’s a spineless flopper) – and that’s with Obama. I actually think that with Obama there is more resistance to gun control than if Romney were pushing it as there would undoubtedly be more reluctant support from those on the right that supported Romney. It seems everything does happen for a reason; and some denouements are tougher to digest than others…
  
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Janet056
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:10am
Good for him, bout time obammy gets the one two punch……

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Advection
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:09am
When the federal government instituted (alcohol, marijuana, etc) Prohibition, the substances went underground, their prices went up, gangs grew around the market, crime went up and became more violent, and millions of people were arrested for posession of the banned substances.

If the federal government could institute “Gun Prohibition,” guns would go underground, and then become more expensive, gang membership would rise, crime would rise, more violent crime would rise, and millions would be arrested and imprisoned for “simple possession”.

Don’t these people ever learn from history?

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- Advection
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:23am
  Obama’s fascination with Gun Prohibition reminds me that Alcohol Prohibition and Marijuana Prohibiton were/are Progressive “solutions”. Therefore, it is totally in character for obama to be dreaming of denying guns from everyone else.
  
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Canada_Goose
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:09am
The reprehensible Mr. LaPierre strikes again.

Hey d**ckweed, absolutism is extremism and your fringe extreme lobby group is way to the right of most of your members, the WSJ editorial page, and Justice Scalia.

And guess what, if my granddad wants to give me his ’67 Corvette Stingray for Christmas, he needs to fill out a bunch of government paperwork, and the car will be logged into some government registry, despite the fact that it’s not designed to kill people.

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- B-45
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:20am
  Your grandfather would probably sooner put a match to that Corvette than see it wind up in the hands of a jag-off like you…
  
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- reconmarine
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:22am
  Holy Schit…A Canadian preaching about freedom. What will they think of next?
  
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- DLV
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:23am
  You’re from Canada what do you know…. lol. Just kidding. But in all seriousness that was a stupid comment. I should get some glitter so I can baptize you in stupidity.
  
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- hobbitfellow
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:34am
  There is no constitutional right to keep and bear a Corvette; there is to keep and bear arms, and for good reason. Of course, you’d actually have to know what the Founders thought, which is no great chore, since the quotations are easily found by anyone with the desire to look. As for guns being designed to kill people, you might consider the fact that sometimes that is necessary, hence the sidearms carried by police officers and long arms born by our military. Many of the “fringe group” members you deride are former police and military. They were trusted to bear arms while under government employment. Now, because they are civilian, they are no longer to be trusted? There are millions of Americans who are gun owners. Millions hard constitute a fringe group. And by the way, grow up, and get rid of the low-rent, immature obscenities. You might be taken more seriously if you could actually come across as an adult.
  
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- Norm D. Plume
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:57am
  LaPierre and the NRA are nowhere near extremist.
  
  They are sellouts and turncoats.
  
  http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/xcibviewitem.asp?id=3247
  
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- Canada_Goose
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:09am
  Please stop hiding behind the second amendment. The constitutional law is pretty much settled on this. Americans have a constitutional right to keep a firearm in their home for personal use beyond that the government has the right to pass just about any regulation it sees fit. This has been affirmed by the Roberts/Scalia court. You may feel that’s unconstitutional, but at this point that argument is purely academic.
  
  As far as guns being a check against some future tyrannical government, that’s an extreme position. White supremacist groups use the same argument claiming the current government is a puppet regime of Zionists. The NRA just gives these groups political cover by using this argument.
  
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- subic
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:21am
  Apples to Oranges CANADA GOOSE, What does a car have to do with our US Constitution and our God given rights? ya milque toast cannuck moron?
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:54am
  @subic: Even more so… what does a Canadian have to do with our rights as US citizens?
  
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- Canada_Goose
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:37am
  It’s not apples and oranges. Read the Heller majority opinion by Justice Scalia. There is no absolute (God given) right to possessing firearms beyond the right to keep one in your home for personal use.
  
  If you want to conceal carry you need a permit, if you want to drive across state lines there are
  specific rules on how to transport firearms and amo. So if you want to sell your or transfer ownership of a firearm should there not be a check that you’re not selling to a criminal or a mentally unstable person?
  
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DLV
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:03am
Good for the NRA! No bowing to leftists.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:10am
  Can’t post. I been silenced.
  
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- Norm D. Plume
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:59am
  Except every single time gun control legislation comes to the fore, of course:
  
  http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/xcibviewitem.asp?id=3247
  
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- DLV
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:06am
  Hmmm interesting. No one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. They better not be doing this today. Their rhetoric in this article is fine but we shall see.
  
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ginger100
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 11:59pm
The Prezzy and the idol makers forget, he is an elected Citizen, and that’s all he is.

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- B-45
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:13am
  No, he is also a schmuck….
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:19am
  uhh yeah, that too.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:03am
  Citizen of where???
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:31am
  @IndyGuy
  According to the globalist, that would be Earth.
  
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honeydijon13
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 11:54pm
Wayne will be looking for a job soon.

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:05am
  Hunnybuns
  would you like to give him one?
  
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- DLV
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:05am
  Gahhhh! You’re mustache is so hypnotizing losing all rational thought!!! The Dark Lord’s unbreakable will is weakening.
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:06am
  @honeydijon13
  How’s N. Korea this time of the year? I take it your busy and staying healthy. I’d send you a post card but It would probably get you in trouble with your master.
  
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- B-45
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 12:06am
  Then you will have something in common with him….
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:15am
  Hi DLV,
  
  BTW…. That’s Dora Glasberg, aka Charles116, aka Verseofreason…. aka etc. : (
  
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