AR’s kind of suck, now let’s fight for it!

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The GOP does not have total control of the federal government. The REAL government is the bureaucracy, and they have long been converted to "progressivism." They are aided by the judiciary, who serve for life and have asserted more and more control over the government.

As for the elected officials, the government is designed to make control by one party nearly impossible.
 
Part of 2A's purpose was to provide for militias, so it stands to reason that the Founding Fathers would have wanted us to possess the same small arms the military possesses. No one would send the National Guard out with Joe Biden's double-barreled shotguns.
 
Vern Humphrey said:
The GOP does not have total control of the federal government. The REAL government is the bureaucracy, and they have long been converted to "progressivism." They are aided by the judiciary, who serve for life and have asserted more and more control over the government.

As for the elected officials, the government is designed to make control by one party nearly impossible.
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Well, I did say nearly complete control for a reason. They have all the power we can possibly give them and it doesn't seem like we're getting an honest effort.

Good to know that the party affiliation of the President, Senate and House are basically irrelevant though. Now I can vote my conscience without fear or guilt.

What I'll be looking for is candidates who can make the straightforward, effective arguments on Constitutional issues including the 2nd amendment and commonly used firearm types, even if they are dangerous. After all, they aren't very good arms if they are not dangerous. If I have to look farther than the GOP, so be it.
 
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Well, I did say nearly complete control for a reason. They have all the power we can possibly give them and it doesn't seem like we're getting an honest effort.
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Nope -- they need super majorities in each house to have the kind of power you visualize. And they need enough of a majority beyond that to impeach judges.
 
If they were making a case for our beliefs...actually leading... they might've had a shot at that too.

For years, they've said "We need more and more power". "Then you'll see results".

Still not seeing it.
 
plinky said:
If they were making a case for our beliefs...actually leading... they might've had a shot at that too.
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Did we give them enough? No.[/quote]
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For years, they've said "We need more and more power". "Then you'll see results".

Still not seeing it.[/QUOTE]
And we didn't give them enough. For example, to impeach a judge -- no matter how flagrantly the judge violates the Constitution -- requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate.
 
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Original post is very good. The anti agenda is not about some reasonable compromise. It is about power and the power hungry will never be sated until the only people with guns are government agents.

Young people keep thinking they arrived in time to finally fix the world. Being young is part of the human experience. But there aren't perminant fixes. There is only freedom and slavery and the space between.
 
rizbunk77 said:
This is all great information. It also has zero relevance as to when you may or may not lose your legal right to have an AR15.
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Actually it is part of the conversation. This is a reply to the continuous meme that the Founders only intended muskets and therefore there is no basis for permitting ARs and, worse, semi autos. That argument needs to be deleted from the conversation with some facts.
 
plinky said:
Well, I did say nearly complete control for a reason. They have all the power we can possibly give them and it doesn't seem like we're getting an honest effort.

Good to know that the party affiliation of the President, Senate and House are basically irrelevant though. Now I can vote my conscience without fear or guilt.

What I'll be looking for is candidates who can make the straightforward, effective arguments on Constitutional issues including the 2nd amendment and commonly used firearm types, even if they are dangerous. After all, they aren't very good arms if they are not dangerous. If I have to look farther than the GOP, so be it.
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Whether the firearms are dangerous is irrelevant. There is no rational or objective justification for banning any firearms. People are either responsible or they are not. In reality major firearms are just too expensive for most individuals.
There is a very rational and objective justification for banning ownership by specific, easy to identify individuals, though.
 
I think they have about all the power they're going to get.
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There is a very rational and objective justification for banning ownership by specific, easy to identify individuals, though.
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Not to mention further restrictions in many cases. Some of us are determined to operate an open air prison/asylum on our streets, restricting everyone down to the level appropriate for the "problem children". I've committed no crime and don't care to be treated like an inmate or lunatic.
 
plinky said:
I think they have about all the power they're going to get.


Not to mention further restrictions in many cases. Some of us are determined to operate an open air prison/asylum on our streets, restricting everyone down to the level appropriate for the "problem children". I've committed no crime and don't care to be treated like an inmate or lunatic.
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Particularly since it won't solve the problem. Victim disarmament doesn't work. And my experience is (and I have the bullet holes to back it up) when you are attacked by someone with a deadly weapon, you need a weapon just as deadly to defend yourself.

Interestingly, there was a column in Arkansas Catholic this week that points out a common factor in these mass shootings is that the shooters have no fathers, and hence no one to guide them into manhood.
 
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