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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    That goes both ways. Both are equally as useless without the other.
    I'd strongly disagree with that. Sure, guns help, but they're not nearly as important as free thinking. There's a reason the first step in strong government control is typically limiting free thinking.
    "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." John Greenleaf Whittier

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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    What is a greater threat to an authoritarian regime, free flowing info (the internet) or guns? We see attempts to regulate both, thoughts?
    Tough choice but probably free flowing information. Guns are tools which cannot be used without thoughts. Ideas are most important.

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