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He put an end to the Carter Presidency
and the pain the Nation suffered under it.

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If you were not an adult or a reasonably smart teen and didn't live it, they will have a very hard time understanding what those times put middle class families and people through.

In context, think about the health care cost increases nowadays but the govt basically says FU, pay it, no help from us financially, deal with it and wear a sweater, it's the way it is, oh, BTW, we aren't letting you free ride on someone else's dime under that regular rates.

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Well, if you understand the Constitution as well as you claim to, then you know that the Supreme Court was set up to interpret it, not you. So, unless the Supreme Court defines "shall not be infringed" the same way you do, then you lose. Unfortunately, they have not taken up that issue, so far. They've preferred to work around and not address the full meaning of that phrase. Until they do, you're idea of what it means is meaningless.

Oh, and I grew up under Eisenhower and all the other presidents thereafter and Reagan was the best president of all of them except for President Trump. So far I rate President Trump above President Reagan. President Reagan was not responsible for that crap machinegun ban the FOPA 1986. He asked the NRA if he should veto it or not and they told him not to. So, there's that. And, I worked for the old I&NS and Reagan was a great president for our agency (President Trump is even better for ICE).

He made a deal with congress to allow the democrat's crap Amnesty program in exchange for laws to allow I&NS to investigate, prosecute, and fine or imprison employers who knowingly employ illegal and unauthorized aliens. That created the first time that all employers in the US had to check their prospective employees for documentation to prove that they were authorized to work. The democrats screwed up that with the Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form that prohibited employers from asking for specific documents to back up their claims on the form. The alien/prospective employee had the option to show their prospective employer whatever documents they wanted to present as long as  they were among those listed on the approved documents list.

Since you're too young to remember, there was a country called Iran that had the Shah of Iran as their leader. He was a friend of the US and was a dictator that ruled Iran with an iron fist. Unfortunately, the opposition was those aligned with the radical anti-American mullahs. The Shah was deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini took over and his stooges (some college students, some not) attacked the US Embassy and took the embassy personnel captive. They were held captive for over a year while President Jimmy Carter fumbled around for over a year. Ronald Reagan won the presidential election and the next day the Iranian "students" released all of their hostages. President Reagan didn't have a chance to order a rescue operation.

Another incident involved Moamar Khadafy, dictator of Libya who had been constantly taking part in funding terrorist attacks and running terrorist training camps in Libya for various Arab terrorist groups. President Reagan ordered a bombing run on one of Khadafy's homes (he wasn't there, but, his daughter was and was killed). Khadafy immediately stopped his aggressively anti-American actions and threats (until he had some of his terrorists put a bomb on a commercial airlines flight that blew up over Lockerbie, England). That was the last terrorist act that Khadafy fronted until his death at the hands of his countrymen, care of Hillary Clinton and her ineptitude. Khadafy was no longer a threat and he was stabilizing Libya from turning into a base for ISIS and Al Qaeda, which is starting to take place now.

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I am not old enough to remember a Republican Presidential candidate winning CA, new machine guns for sale, or a strong American manumitting base either, I guess I should be thankful for Amnesty, MG ban, and him pushing NAFTA, right?

And I should give a fuck why? He did great things for other nations/people while ours went to shit, and I should be grateful why again?  

Its like saying "Look how wonderful their house is", mean while the kitten is on fire in yours. I dont think you can not compared the immensity of the fuck I do not give about others when things in our nation are going to hell.

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He was the most conservative POTUS since Coolidge.

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FOPA was of little use?

FOPA saved our ass when Willie was POTUS.

The MG ban was something they could do at any time. It wasn't defendable ground. Hence why they argued MGs in Heller (note: that was the anti side bringing MGs up).

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Reread what I said.

What I said was little USED.

IOW, we don't use it ENOUGH to shut down places like NY, NJ, MA, etc., that fuck with law abiding gun owners transporting firearms.

It could be of ENORMOUS use if we use it to it's full potential, yet we don't.

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Spending originates in the House.

Who controlled the House under Reagan?

Who controlled the House the last 6 years of obama?

Yeah,I know the signed off on it,but.......


Reagan was a decent man,but way too many put him on a pedestal he doesn't deserve to be on.

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And there it is.

These young people are incapable of understanding, because they lack the perspective gained from having to endure the Carter years.

They've never had to wait three hours in line to receive their gasoline ration, and only on alternate days based on their license plate.

My daughter has never had to endure that kind of hardship, and I'm grateful for that.