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Bob Barr

American Politician

Born: Nov 5, 1948

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It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem. Bob Barr

Problem Gun Gun Control Control Cultural

Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country. Bob Barr

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Unfortunately, most gun control advocates are not really interested in rational debate, and their political games simply send Alice chasing white rabbits down holes. Bob Barr

Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders. Bob Barr

History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured. Bob Barr

Government History Big Immediate Crisis Real Big Government Aftermath Shown

In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control. Bob Barr

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There are hundreds of fine journalists who regularly inform us of what is happening in the world around us; and innumerable commentators who provide intelligent and objective insight on public policy matters. Bob Barr

World Matters Hundreds Fine Insight Objective Journalists Policy Around Provide Intelligent Happening Inform Public Us Regularly Public Policy Who

It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges. Bob Barr

Today Challenges Intelligence Impossible Difficult Adequate Laws Argue Written

Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people; including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values. Bob Barr

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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles. Bob Barr

Me People Tell Never Support Come Principles Because Left Up

Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand. Bob Barr

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For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer. Bob Barr

Life Best Parenting Entitled Parents Would Would-Be Were Offer Decades Offspring So-Called Experts Special Each Belief Raised

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right. Bob Barr

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When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking. Bob Barr

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It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone. Bob Barr

Time Backbone High Some High Time Oversight Congressional

Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense. Bob Barr

Defense Find Firearms Themselves Manufacturers Playing

The average American returning from a trip abroad likely - and understandably - assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of 'criminal' activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation. Bob Barr

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Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere. Bob Barr

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