You’re the first person to notice I screwed up the date. It does seem like only a year sometimes.
As for why gun owners are underground in Connecticut and surrounding states is, I guess, just because we’re tired of hearing that we’re the bad guys (and gals) and we need to be controlled.
The other reason for me and many of the people I know is that we have businesses in town and can’t afford to publicly antagonize our customers. We all work one on one though, and sometimes we change minds.
The police chief of the next town over lives in Newtown. He actually is a nice guy. He testified when they were considering passing the law they passed that no one has given him a reason why anyone needs more than 10 rounds in their gun. It reminded me of Cuomo’s famous “nobody needs more than seven rounds to kill a deer” statement.
That’s what we face. People in Connecticut lean liberal, even in relatively conservative places like Newtown. They were negative about guns to start with, and the shooting just made it worse for some.
I fully understand.
My nephew has the luxury of being 24 years old, so he has no qualms about his public support, of the 2nd Amendment. Ironically, two of his cousins (other side of the family) were in the classroom, next to the “site” in Sandy Hook. He relates that he has heard so much feedback, expressing that the brave teachers that were there, that day, had been carrying. Seems like we could learn a lesson.
I moved from CT in 1981, to a western state. It saddens me, that the New England cradle of the American Revolution, has become a place where Our Constitution is barely recognizable.
May The Lord Bless you, and all of those who stand for our inalienable rights.
Thank you.