Those who would sacrifice unalienable rights antecedent to the Constitution to purchase a little temporary security will end up with neither
Rants of a Constitutional Conservative
"Government with insolence is despotism." Rights of Man, Thomas Paine, 1791
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." Thomas Sowell
It looks like the DOJ became the Ministry of Truth and Transparency, enforced by the FBI and ATF minions from the Ministry of Love: Just as bumbling, lethal, and uncommunicative, but not nearly as endearing as Gru's be-goggled minions.
Joseph Biden, and his coterie, should name his new digital currency the "rubble" to underscore his contempt for Vlad and all things Russian.
I guess we're going to have to ban guns since banning murder didn't work.
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