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"This weekend’s double-header is only gratuitous confirmation of what was already a foregone conclusion: You have won. The right to bear arms is, evidently, inalienable. No argument can persuade you, no slaughter can shame you into second-guessing your convictions, or giving up an inch of ground. The corpses in the aisles, the widowers and orphans, the prosthetics and colostomy bags, the sidewalk altars and pint-sized caskets, are all testaments to your victory. This is your country. The one you wanted. It is thanks to you, who have donated to the NRA & phoned your representatives & stood firm, time and time again, that Americans just like this weekend’s shooters — whether you agree with their agendas or not — were free to buy firearms without intrusive government delays or barriers." 

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