Well...
Your support to Obama, knowing he would support such an out right ban because he called for it on the campaign, means, well, you gave them the power they need to accomplish a ban. You helped him attack us. Do I think you support the ban itself? Evidently not, your words establish that, though not perhaps as much indignation as the rest of us. But you did seek his reelection and lended him your support. You do not have to now walk in lock-step, but you also must accept that party that most closely espouses your political beliefs has stridently supported a ban on many firearms, and includes that in its general plank. The baby and the bath water cannot be separated in your vote. He is doing only what he said he would do. You cannot divide your vote and say your vote counts only for the things you like. The whole package got your vote.
You decided that social issues for you trump your interest in RKBA, so you're not 100%, indeed, RBKA is completely subservient to the other issues (by the way, everybody, right left and center, thinks women deserve equal pay for equal work and equal experience, so that is a non-starter, and Social Security reform didn't pan out BECAUSE of the left, and Obamacare will probably be an even greater boon-doggle than welfare or SS, but and understanding of economics is not at issue here).
I suppose my point is, for a time, you need to accept that there will be outrage towards the left because it seeks to silence us, label us Nazis, and then deny us our rights. The words "crush, obliterate, destroy" are used by those who count themselves in your camp. If firearms are indeed banned, it will not be the result of my vote. The left throws terrible words at us, which is Nazi behavior in that it dehumanizes US and OUR positions, promises to protect our rights while tearing them from us.
However, we may stand together and fight the common enemy. You and I might disagree on the rights of killing 3rd trimester babies, on my right to keep my own money rather than support a legion of those who refuse to work, on socialized medicine, on private property rights, or other liberal vs. conservative topics. Yet we might agree now and work towards the common protection of our rights. Accept that your vote will not be popular at the moment. Don't waste time defending it. I'm more than willing to stand with you about guns.
You see, I understand the importance of making a stand. My family homesteaded near DeFuniak Springs following Sherman's march to the sea. We lost most everything to hm and his army, yet never owned slaves. I have my great great grandfather's Colt 1849 Pocket Pistol he carried, at the age of 14 in the Battle of Atlanta. He got shot but survived the war. His father, also at the battle, fought to prevent their property from being taken but in the end it was. So, with what they had left they went south and started over. They lived free and responsible lives, and the homestead remains. It is but a small plot of land with a small farm house - they never had much but they had enough. Free, independent, responsible but armed. That is my philosophy today - and for me it more closely aligns with the right, not the left. A citizen should be taught to stand on his or her own two feet, to not accept the scraps from the government, and to be free - free from government's encroaching hand. Had we but taught that, instead of welfare, entire segments of society would now be far better, and the violent gun crimes in government housing projects - crimes committed largely by illegal weapons already - would not be happening.
Three times my family has used firearms to protect ourselves from looters or worse: the first was my grandfather with a Hopkins & Allen revolver in the 1950's against a home invasion - nobody shot but two baddies held until the deputy arrived, the second following Hurricane Camille where my mom, as looters began to break into the house, donned my dad's handgun and sat at the kitchen table with it leveled at the door (she drew a line that the looters, seeing her through the window, refused to cross), the last, when my grand parents were elderly in the 1980's when Florida had the rash of rest stop assaults, a man tried to carjack the car with my little sister in the back seat, my grandfather drew his Smith and Wesson he kept under a cloth between the car seat cushions - my grandmother could not walk or escape.
That is why I stridently oppose the government at this time and will grimly stand with you against what it seeks to do. That knife I feel in my back from your vote - as harsh as it might sound - remains but I stand with you all the same. Perhaps we can save ALL our rights and not be reduced to subjugation to a capricious police force.
This video sums up my stance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGtkYC0RjHY
