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Saturday, May 05, 2018

Trump at NRA Convention: Trusting The People with Guns Is Part of Trusting Them with Freedom

While speaking to the NRA convention on May 4, President Trump made clear that trusting the people with guns is part of trusting them with freedom.

Trump commented on freedom and his enduring trust in American citizens in the portion of the speech in which he addressed arming teachers to protect students.

He literally advocated for armed teachers, saying, “We support the Second Amendment, not only because we believe in freedom, but also because we trust in everyday, talented, wonderful people … And by the way, these teachers, they love their students. And they are not going to let anybody hurt their students. But you have to give them a chance.”

Trump then transitioned to make the basic point that being armed is part of being free and is characteristically American, saying: “In America we trust the people to be wise and to be good. We trust them to take responsibility for themselves, their families, and their communities. And that is why in America we have always trusted the people to bear arms.”

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As long as you don't live in Maryland. Can't even sneeze here without getting an impossible to obtain permit.

lmclain said...

Maryland has a lot of politicians. We need to import a lot more rope.
Our politicians (spit the nasty taste out of your mouth now) SURROUND themselves with a small army of killers with multiple weapons who WILL kill you for making the wrong move. They want to be safe.
They want YOU (the people they claim to "represent") to be helpless and vunerable. If YOU die, or your wife gets raped and killed or your child is murdered, well, they are REALLY SORRY.
They have guns and love it. YOU have guns and go to prison. Slumlords are exempt.
Two Sets of Laws.
THAT is the stuff of revolution. It's a slow process but it ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ends the same. Politicians hanging from lamp posts and lying in the street, bleeding out.
Buy guns and ammo and carry one all the time.
Know about Jury Nullification.
Be ready.

Anonymous said...

Amen, Mr. President.