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The Probability Broach

by L. Neil Smith · first published 1979

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  • hga · Jan 17, 2013 · Critical

    …lawsuits that started with Heller. The JPFO has done some good propaganda, but the last time I checked went off in a bad tangent with L. Neil Smith (who got too extreme for me not too many books after The Probability Broach). The GAO is too partisan and into conservative and Republican causes beyond the RKBA to be of much use even in their ratings, and they have very very little influence.

    on “Why I just joined the NRA” ↗
  • nirvana · Dec 16, 2011 · Mentions

    Its quite possible that Robert LeFevre first said it. I first came upon the phrase in one of L. Neil Smiths books. I think it was the second book in the Probability Broach series, the one where he starts each chapter with a quotation, and this was one of them (attributed to a fictional character, according to memory.)

    on “The nightmarish SOPA hearings” ↗

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