To: MindBender26
Then let that day come. (And yes, I mean what you think I mean by that statement.)
258 posted on
11/14/2003 9:29:43 AM PST by
IGOTMINE
(This tagline vacant...like the DNC platform)
To: IGOTMINE
Unfortunately, you would die bravely, and quickly.
The problem is not guns, laws, rights, etc. The problem is that pro-2d Ammendment people have done a horible job of building support for their issue.
To quote Mr. Lincoln,
"With public support,
anything is possible
Without public support,
nothing is."
The reality is, we (I'm NRA life member) are losing the battle for the preservaton 2d Ammendment, and unless we change our tactics and build PUBLIC support, it's over in 20-30 years.
All it takes is ONE USSC decision, by a Dem packed court, changing the defination of "Well Regualted Militia, and we are toast. BTW, the problem is not with the the definition of "Militia." It would much easier for anti-gun lawyers to attack through the "Well-Regualted" phrase. What's "Well-Regualted" about some drunk wife-beater using a gun to shoot his kids? If we fall, we'll fall on the argument of "Well-Regualted Militia" only applying to the National Guards.
Don't get me wrong. I think it describes each of us, but it's not what I, or you think that counts. It's the USSC's decision.
We are one of very few countries left with firearms freedoms, and we will lose them unless we start working to develop PUBLIC support, rather than posture ourselves as one issue people protected by law, a law which some court could re-interpret at any time.
Remember, a President appoints the judges. Now do you see the foolishness of those who would stay home on election day? They are effectively giving half a vote to a candidate who would appoint judges to take away all fireamrs!
264 posted on
11/14/2003 9:50:41 AM PST by
MindBender26
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