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Old 01-05-2013, 10:43 AM   #3314
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Originally Posted by Mr_Draco View Post
Here is a summary of the bills submitted on opening day of 113th Congress (text not yet available) in the House of Representatives:
I'm going to, as a whole, disagree with all of them for now. During a time of heightened emotions on both sides isn't the greatest time to be making laws that will affect us for years to come.

Even the sensible ones... like no access to children... I can tell you of one police officer that had a horrible ACCIDENT happen that he'll live with for the rest of his life, if that passed, he would also likely go to prison. It's already a hard thing for a decent man to live with..... do we make it harder?

Sometimes they make sense initially, but are abused when written into law.
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