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Keith Olbermann

BigmanPigman

(52,241 posts) Tue Jul 13, 2021, 04:00 PM Jul 2021

K Olbermann: 2nd Ammend. doesn't authorize ownership

Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) Tweeted:
NEW VIDEO: Whether or not you plan to watch tonight’s baseball All-Star Game, consider that they may have broken up a planned mass shooting there.

And ask yourself: why doesn’t the 2nd Amendment have the word “own” in it?

The 2nd Amendment does NOT authorize gun OWNERSHIP! https://t.co/cdfx4qg0WA

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K Olbermann: 2nd Ammend. doesn't authorize ownership (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2021 OP

What most people don't realize patphil Jul 2021 #1

....and here I always thought that it was originally meant sdfernando Jul 2021 #2

Fake news; meant to misdirect from the original modification to the 2nd Amendment. patphil Jul 2021 #3

patphil

(6,941 posts)

1. What most people don't realize

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 04:34 PM

Jul 2021

was that in an early draft of the constitution, the second amendment referred to clothing...the right to bare arms was meant to guarantee the right to wear short sleeve shirts.
Unfortunately, in the final copy, some anonymous gun nut changed the wording and that's why we are in this mess today.

sdfernando

(5,379 posts)

2. ....and here I always thought that it was originally meant

Reply to patphil (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 04:42 PM

Jul 2021

so that people could kill wild bears and keep the limbs as souvenirs.

patphil

(6,941 posts)

3. Fake news; meant to misdirect from the original modification to the 2nd Amendment.