I was just thinking about the term "compromise" as it pertains to gun control legislation. We have heard "compromise", "reasonable restrictions", "common sense gun laws", etc over the recent years, usually following a tragedy involving a gun free zone. While Obama did not explicitly say what his plan was this year regarding gun control, he hinted at pushing forward new regulations in the same speech he discussed using executive actions to bypass congress. It makes sense that he would ignore the checks and balances put into the system to try to break the amendments to that system, but that's another issue...
Coming back to the word "compromise", why can't we use the anti's strategy of incremental legislation to work on "compromise" back to full constitutional rights? Why does "compromise" have to be us doing the compromising? I am a supporter of literal interpretation of where the 2nd Amendment says "Shall not be infringed". Thus, "compromise" to me could mean that instead of reinstating the full power of 2A, we simply regain some of the rights back.
Instead of "compromise" being 10 round limits on semi-automatic weapons or expansions on the background check requirements, why couldn't it mean:
These are just a few suggestions I have. We are already in a compromised position with various bills passed along the way at local, state, and federal level. I feel the truest compromise right now is remaining even. But that doesn't mean we can't say "we want it all, just compromise and give us some." I mean, if our government can say that to us, why can't we say that back to them?
Coming back to the word "compromise", why can't we use the anti's strategy of incremental legislation to work on "compromise" back to full constitutional rights? Why does "compromise" have to be us doing the compromising? I am a supporter of literal interpretation of where the 2nd Amendment says "Shall not be infringed". Thus, "compromise" to me could mean that instead of reinstating the full power of 2A, we simply regain some of the rights back.
Instead of "compromise" being 10 round limits on semi-automatic weapons or expansions on the background check requirements, why couldn't it mean:
- Re-Open the Machine Gun Registry
- Remove Silencers from NFA
- Carry Rights
These are just a few suggestions I have. We are already in a compromised position with various bills passed along the way at local, state, and federal level. I feel the truest compromise right now is remaining even. But that doesn't mean we can't say "we want it all, just compromise and give us some." I mean, if our government can say that to us, why can't we say that back to them?