President Ronald Reagan's quote, "We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions..." (of which this is a tiny bit) comes from a book, "The Politics of Imprisonment: How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders". Interesting it's being extrapolated here for gun rights. In 1968, then Gov Reagan had been asked to testify regarding crime and violence to the Republican Platform Committee. The passage directly after states, "He then explained that America needed equal enforcement of the law and equal protection of the law." The book was published in.. - Melody Guidwife Lili Robinson, mayor of the city of Chilhowee
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| The Patriot Post December 19, 2012 |
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