BSA1 said:
Humm NO. Please take time to read my original post.
I did read your original post. Some of it didn't make much sense.
Americans don't like crime. I don't like crime. What's that got to do with registration? Do you believe that registration reduces crime? Ask Chicago how that's working out.
Do Americans generally respect the law? To a degree we respect it. To perhaps a greater degree, we fear what happens when it runs off on its own inertia and rolls right over top of us.
Et cetera... et cetera... and so forth.
BSA1 said:
Understanding the strategy of your enemies is not a sign of defeat. Patton did not defeat Rommel by waiting for Rommel to attack first and then react to the attack. Patton carefully studied Rommel strategies and tactics and then developed a battle plan and trained his forces on how to defeat him.
Patton also did not win by deciding he should be scared and surrender because Rommel was pretty tough. He didn't much care that Rommel "wasn't taking no for an answer" either. Using Patton as an example of what to do when you're defeated doesn't stand... because he wasn't defeated.
Heller is not as big as pro-gun victory as many believe. For example the Court left open the possibility in it’s decision that banning entire classes (types) of firearms may be legal.
When I first started reading American Rifleman at the age of ten or so, one of the main arguments of the anti-gun crowd was that the Second Amendment did not identify an individual right. Even then, I thought that was crazy. Now that I understand how the Bill of Rights came to exist, I know that is crazy. And now, I have a SCOTUS decision that agrees with me. It also protects weapons "in common use." Every time one of us buys an AR-15 and ten magazines it gets a little more protected. That is a victory.
Every state now has some provision for concealed carry. Even Illinois has been forced by the courts to respect the Second Amendment as an individual right that extends outside the home. That is progress.
When I was a teenager, a ban was enacted on magazines holding more than ten rounds. This past spring, a ban much worse than that was defeated before it even left a Democrat controlled Senate. People on this very forum lamented that registration and bans on magazines and no more AK's were foregone conclusions... and they were wrong. They were wrong because we got pissed, then got organized, then sent money and called reps and senators and reminded them who they work for instead of just accepting that the anti-gun crowd wasn't taking no for an answer.
There have been losses. If you want to equate it to a chess game, we have lost pieces in Colorado. I'd say we lost them in California and NY too, but the truth is that we lost them years ago in those states. Nothing short of dramatic court cases will save those states. Comply or don't... they're eventually going to get your guns.
If you want to keep them, Montana is accessible by road or plane last I checked.
You say hop on board and comply with whatever they throw at us.
I say make them aware that forcing anything on us will come with a cost.
It may just be election results such as those in the Colorado recall.
It may be far worse. What happens if Colorado gun owners openly ignore the magazine capacity law and smuggle in a million PMags across CO's large borders? Especially with all but a few sheriffs plainly stating that they will not enforce this law.
Do you honestly think that they're going to stick a hundred thousand people in CO in jail for not complying? I doubt it. Instead, what happens is government loses perceived power. People see that they can ignore laws and do what they want. Passing laws that people will not comply with is a mistake for government. If they had any sense, they'd repeal the laws in Colorado tomorrow before the People issue a de facto repeal for them.
Non-compliance has its place. In CA, it will get you jail time. In CO, it just might work.
But it can be an effective chess move, and one that a tactician such as yourself should be familiar with. Google Rosa Parks or the 1961 Barrow Duck In if you need a clearer lesson.
