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   From: dsnyder5@gmail.com   
      
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   Ubiquitous  wrote:   
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   > NPR.org reports on an entertaining exchange between Sen. Ted Cruz of   
   > Texas, a Second Amendment advocate, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of   
   > California, a Second Amendment opponent:   
   >   
   > 	In a question to Feinstein, Cruz tried to draw a parallel   
   > 	between the First and Second Amendments. He asked if Feinstein   
   > 	would "consider it constitutional for Congress to specify that   
   > 	the First Amendment shall apply only to the following books   
   > 	and shall not apply to the books that Congress has deemed   
   > 	outside the protection of the Bill of Rights."   
   >   
   > 	The context, of course, is that Feinstein's legislation bans   
   > 	157 different models of assault weapons and magazines that   
   > 	can hold more than 10 bullets.   
   >   
   > 	Feinstein reacted to [the] question viscerally.   
   >   
   > 	"I'm not a sixth grader," Feinstein said. "Senator, I've been   
   > 	on this committee for 20 years. I was a mayor for nine years.   
      
   A career politician whose time has passed.  It's time for this   
   old bag of snuff to blow away in the wind.   
      
            
      
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