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Interestingly, gun control laws were implemented to keep guns out of the hands of minorities. Gun control is literally racist.

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fun fact, Liberia was actually an experiment at sending freed African American slaves back to Africa because people thought that freed slaved would have better prospects of liberty and prosperity in Africa than they did in the States.

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we’d also get shermans though.

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the thing is, only one of those sides is deluded into thinking they’re actually patriots.

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as a foreigner living in France, i was very concerned with the prospect of the RN gaining control of parliament. This is good news indeed.

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I’m not sure about lighter than air craft, but in the US you don’t need a license to fly microlight aircraft, as long as it’s less than 250 pounds and has less than a 5 gallon fuel tank, iirc

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who’s the author? I actually like this writing style…

Edit: Thank you, it’s Bobbie Ann Mason. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize. I’ve downloaded some of her books and can’t wait to read them :)

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You don’t have to, that’s the beauty of it all.

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is it time to beat our plowshores back into swords yet?

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