ericbc7
Member
This discussion is not going to be decided by logic. You will not be able to convince a mother that has lost her child to gun violence that more gun freedom is the answer. to quote my signature "you cannot by reason change the ill opinion of a man which by reason was not obtained". If we pursue an "all or nothing" agenda we will loose in the long term. if we accept regulation similar to cars we might see a compromise. that said, I hear the "slippery slope" folks that fear tyranny. The fact is we have to live together, the hyper-individualism that is popular now is not a recipe for community or survival. This country is willing to give up freedom for safety (real or imagined) as evidenced by the patriot act and NSA surveillance.
Where does that leave us gun owners? We are in the same nebulous place we always were. We cannot embrace armed conflict with the government. We are the government and must accept compromise if we are to survive. The alternative is increasing polarity and moves us toward dissolution. Imagine if the constitution was changed to allow states to leave the union... we would end up with a fractured loose assembly that has no ability to maintain our standard of living.
I don't know the solution, and more individual freedom and less corporate freedom seems better to me, but we know that a balance is the key.
Where does that leave us gun owners? We are in the same nebulous place we always were. We cannot embrace armed conflict with the government. We are the government and must accept compromise if we are to survive. The alternative is increasing polarity and moves us toward dissolution. Imagine if the constitution was changed to allow states to leave the union... we would end up with a fractured loose assembly that has no ability to maintain our standard of living.
I don't know the solution, and more individual freedom and less corporate freedom seems better to me, but we know that a balance is the key.