Sad thing is that both sides are right on this one. People do get nervous seeing people tote assault rifles into starbucks. However, I understand their motives. So long as you have a very vocal group trying to ban guns by how they look and passing ridiculous capacity bans (people can change magazines in under a second with a little practice), while the far left is openly questioning the constitution or their right to even have guns we dont have a sane conversation. What they are trying to do is remind the public that they are here, they are everyday people, and they will not remain silent any longer against the onslaughts of extremists who have been turned back continuously by the supreme court for over 100 years. Like it or not - they have the RIGHT to do so. It is a right, not a privilege. You dont have to prove you need a right to have it, nor obtain a license to exercise it. It is for the government to protect rights - not regulate them. This applies to free speech and free press. The vicious push from anti-2nd amendment nuts like Bloomberg has polarized reactionaries on both sides. If youre anti-2nd Amendment - i would remind you what happened to cause the first legislative recall in Colorados history over ridiculous and poorly considered gun restrictions. Cost the democrats 5 seats even though they outspent the recall movement 5-1. I would remind you that it simply cannot make it through even a democrat controlled senate, because it is such a poison pill. Further registration was poisoned by the confiscation efforts in CA. What was promised would not happen, did happen and galvanized the resistance. Then they passed a retroactive registration law in Connecticut - and an est. 300,000 people disobeyed. Go figure so we make instant felons, and even the police are proving unwilling/unable to go and take them. The fear mongering has to stop - the guns have been here since americas founding. Crazy people have been here since americas founding. Mass shootings by crazy people at the current tempo are new. Lets focus on what changed. Lets be open to a discussion not centered on gun bans and draconian restrictions - and instead focus on what changed in our society and how to fix - including the common thread the mass killings of the use of modern antidepressant medications which are known to cause violent and suicidal behaviour in a percentage of users. Lets examine the culture of death which insists human life is disposable, lets look at the population density of our inner cities where most of the violence occurs. We need change - but it is not a rational discussion or debate when the conclusion is reached before the discussion starts that guns are teh problem. They are just inanimate objects. PEOPLE and OUR SOCIETY are the problem. Deal with that. foxnews/politics/2014/06/03/nra-says-open-carry-texas-group-too-extreme/
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:33:58 +0000
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