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Second Amendment essay contest-VPC

salzosalzo Member Posts: 6,396 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
The violence Policy center is awarding a $3000 prize for an essay about the second amendment. It is called the ALEXANDER HAMILTON SECOND AMENDMENT ESSAY CONTEST. In the description of the contest, VPS explains that Hamilton understood the difference between a "well regulated Militia" and an armed populace. They also point out how interesting it is that Hamilton himself was a victim of gun violence(Aaron Burr). The contest is open to law students, and undergrads looking to become lawyers. I think the goal is obvious: They are trying to get some law school student lackey to find some evidence that the Right to Bear arms does not exist, and that a "well regulated militia" is not the people.They realize that true legal historians cant come up with the evidence they need, so they are trying to get a lacky to come up with something they can use. How pathetic. To back up their absurd interpetation of the second amendment, they are going to send some poor nitwit student on a historical journey to find evidence that does not exist. www.vpc.org
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Can a few people from here with writing skills please enter this contest?Salzo, thank you for posting this.
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    Am I the only one that gets sick when I read this kind of garbage? Just reading that site makes me cringe.
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  • thebutcherthebutcher Member Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been accepted by four law schools for this fall, so I think I am eligible. May I have the honor of entering? I will be sure to post my essay when completed![This message has been edited by thebutcher (edited 01-10-2002).]
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    congratulations on the law school thing, and good work, stepping up to the plate. I look forward to reading your essay.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you Butcher. If you need any help, and I can provide it, I'm at your service. I can't think of anything that I could do, but there may be something.bsimon@sirote.com
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  • thebutcherthebutcher Member Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been working on the essay and will try to post it here Sunday. They call it the Alexander Hamilton Essay because they say he could "distinguish between an armed populace and a well-regulated militia." The VPC lied again. I am finishing with a direct quote from Hamilton speaking of the necessity of an armed populace.
    The definition of an "expert":An "X" is an unknown quantity and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure.
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