Fortunately, politicians of both stripes have learned painful lessons when it comes to taking away gun rights. Which is why today, barely 24 hours after yet another mass shooting, you're hearing only lukewarm platitudes about "doing something" out of Washington.
And by "doing something" they mean hand-wringing for a couple of weeks until we forget about it.
We've gained a lot of ground on RKBA issues. We need to remain ever vigilant on maintaining these victories. Now it is time to reclaim the rest of the Bill of Rights. That's what Senator Paul is saying.
He would do better to avoid appearing to pick and choose. I would suggest he bring out the battles that have been necessary to preserve the Second Amendment in most of the country. We cannot claim total victory as long as there are states like New York, California and others that continue to deprive their citizens of their Constitutional Rights. There have been battles and some victories, but there are still too many limitations and no reason for them.
Just this past week I wanted to take my 9 year old grandson to a shooting range with me together with my 12 year old granddaughter. My granddaughter was allowed, but my grandson can’t go until he is 12 years old also.
I learned to shoot at 5 year of age and was hunting with my father at 7. At 12 my father signed for my hunting license that allowed me to hunt alone without supervision.He had taught me gun safety and responsibility for my actions at an early age. Many on this website have also had a similar upbringing. Youth today are pampered wimps for the most part. We MUST teach them to be responsible again. Paul could tie the 2nd Amendment battle to ALL the other amendment battles if he crafted his speeches correctly. The single minded, single focus, single issue politicians have to be taught that most people are MULTI TASKERS and can think.
As I’ve said before, Paul is not my cup of ta....he has too much of his father in him.