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Since then, in pockets of the country, the old mainstream, moderate pro-gun ethos has been supplanted by a new absolutism that equates social responsibility with socialism and submission to tyranny. To such extremists—some of whom hold mainstream positions of power—there are no common-sense gun laws, only reasons to man the barricades.In August, five weeks before the rampage at Umpqua Community College, the Douglas County Commission, headquartered in Roseburg, passed a resolution condemning its own state government for the new background checks expansion: "Douglas County strongly supports the right of the people to keep and bear arms as stated in the Constitutions of the United States of America, and Oregon … and vigorously opposes any state or federal law that unfairly and unconstitutionally restricts these rights," the resolution read.More on VICE: The Oath Keepers Are Ready for War with the Federal Government
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