Yes, my analogy of historic federal tyrrany to the events of today would be difficult to defend against the well articulated and fact based opinion that you posted. I am a very bad man so sorry to offend your firmly planted paradigm, drinks are on me
As a result of their loss, certain positions on state's rights and property rights were forever weakened.
Our 2nd Amendment rights are currently under attack because a tiny minority of people were extremely irresponsible. The Confederacy is a classic example of a few people taking extreme action to defend the indefensible and ultimately ruining things for everyone.
Why don't you stand up for Adam Lanza and James Holmes, while you're at it?