Tim Cook wrote:
> Gotta love the pro-gun comments.  "The second amendment is the only
> thing standing between us and utter disintegration of the rest of the
> constitution!  Rawr!"  ...um...ok, but...why?  Having a Cause is all
> well and good, but libertarians being able to own a gun don't actually
> form a fundamental pillar of society in the US.  The rest of the Bill of
> Rights would not suddenly cease to exist if the 2nd amendment hadn't
> been in there.  You can get your panties in a bunch over your particular
> special interest group being denied what you feel are your fundamental
> rights, but the fact of the matter is *there are a lot of other people
> out there, too*, and when erosion of the rights of minority A does not
> equal erosion of the rights of minority B (or majority C), unless you
> have something like Political Correctness, nobody's going to care much.

The ones shouting that are the same ones who believe that if the
government gets just a little more corrupt, especially in an
administration that they did not vote for, someone else will use that
2nd amendment right and over throw the government. Some of them really
believe it is the threat of an armed populous that keeps the federal
government in check.

The federal government that has more guns, more chemicals, and more time
than any of those individuals. The government must be terrified.

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