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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Repeal the Second Amendment

The best way to reduce the odds of another blood bath like the one at Virginia Tech is to amend the Constitution and abolish the right to bear arms.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, April 19, 2007 05:47 AM

    A Modest Proposal

    The NRA on strict construction really is insistent;

    So here is my proposal, it is thoroughly consistent

    With how things were in olden days : each soul may have a gun

    So long as it’s the type they used in 1791.

    —jprfrog Read jprfrog's other letters

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