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mwrguy

(3,245 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:12 PM Nov 2013

Trayvon's Amendment

This is interesting. They are proposing a 28th amendment to The Constitution.


The 28th Amendment, as drafted, will implement a series of common sense gun laws and implement new revenue streams for Americans.

The 12 provisions below will work to make America a more safe place by eliminating the obviously failed experiment that is the second amendment.

1. The second amendment of the Constitution of the United States, being no longer necessary to a secure state is hereby nullified.


http://www.trayvonsamendment.com/
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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
1. Written to feed the fears of gun nutters. No serious persons are promoting such an amendment.
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:17 PM
Nov 2013
 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
3. The wording of this "Amendment" is so ridiculous that it looks like an NRA false flag operation!
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:35 PM
Nov 2013

+1,000 to what Scuba said!

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. It's obviously a joke, however I would enjoy watching gun fanciers' pucker.
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:48 PM
Nov 2013

One of the cool suggestions that should really rile the bigoted gun fancier majority:

"An income tax equal to 4% of an individual’s income will be assessed by all gun owners. In states which were at any point in time a part of the Confederate States of America, this tax shall be equal to 10% of an individual’s income. Taxes levied under this amendment shall be appropriated in equal portions to programs to expand Affirmative Action programs and begin to pay reparations to the descendants of African slaves."
 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
5. Some folks on the RKBA group thought it "serious"!
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 03:42 PM
Nov 2013

Some even called the NRA to "verify"!

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. Scary that folks who carry a gun in public could misinterpret something that obvious.
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 04:22 PM
Nov 2013
 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
7. Look at the reactions on the gun-humper sites! Hilarious!
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 12:40 PM
Nov 2013
http://bearingarms.com/epic-concern-trolling-trayvons-amendment/

Read the responses to the above rant on bearingarms.com! Eye-opening!
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