The debate needs to be within conservatism on what to do. Then we need to do it. The left needs to be out of the equation. You don’t negotiate or debate with people who want to quiet, disarm, marginalize, and kill you. It makes no sense to try to convince the left, and the American people don’t need to be convinced. Obama has shown that you needn’t win the people, you do your thing and the people accept it or don’t. We shouldn’t not let our liberty depend on the will of the masses or the will of people who are fundamentally opposed to liberty.
Of course this is not about getting Leftist permission for anything, but YOU must be convinced of the moral and legal superiority of you argument AND must be prepared to answer the Left when challenged.
And your moral and legal high ground is easy when you base your argument against the feds on the Rule of Law of Constitution, an objective standard as written and originally understood and intended, and , which validates or invalidates federal action, REGARDLESS of PERSONAL moral views.