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The Jefferson Rifle

David Brin

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January 28, 2013

I have been asked to post a few “David Brin Classics”.... some of my older riffs and rants… here online for a new generation to share and ponder. I’ve been mulling which ones. Then the topic of the Second Amendment and gun control recently came up. Along with the observation that some liberals are starting to nurse fantasies of needing to be armed, themselves, in the era that they see coming down the road.

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Posted by SHaGGGz on 01/28 at 11:44 PM

This solution may have been slightly plausible and relevant in the age before 3d printing.

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