Some gun nuts often try to rile me on Facebook. In their world, the 2nd Amendment permits NO regulation of guns of any kind. People like me and Antonin Scalia who think it DOES permit some sensible rules — such as background checks prior to purchase — are often derided. Gotta love this comment today on such a post:

I wish the people that don’t like or want guns would go back to Europe or wherever their family came from. This is why we started this country

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