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kls on Jan 20, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Publi...

I don't see how it was an obvious effect of the civil war, the first registration legislation came shortly after prohibition in the form of the National Firearms Act under the argument that it was need to help control the mob.

philwelch on Jan 20, 2012 [–]

I was being sarcastic.

kls on Jan 20, 2012 | [–]

OK sorry, I don't pick up on it some times in written form.

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