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		viktorcode 70 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube,... I think that was a buyout. Government offered money for the guns.

psunavy03 70 days ago [–]

That's irrelevant to the argument that was being made. Confiscation for payment is still confiscation; see also "eminent domain."

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