Which is EXACTLY the point we are making about Mr. Codrea. His actions could do more to harm to our cause.
But I have a feeling this discussion is going no where. The KABA folks will continue to insist that they did nothing wrong (which is basically true) but their tactics will tend to provide ammunition (pun intended) for anti-gun forces.
This is so pathetic and so cowardly, I hardly have the words to express it! God forbid someone step out on a limb and push the limits to protect OUR BASIC RIGHTS! God forbid someone rocks the boat of tyranny. God forbid a writer speaks his opinion!
Your type would rather have gun owners known as people who quietly sit there and cower in a corner than people who stand up for principles. Your type would rather celebrate not losing all of our rights at once, than take a chance fighting to restore them. And then you have the gall sit there and condemn those who aren't as pathetic and cowardly as you?
A rhetorical, satirical article brings down a police investigation on the head of the writer, and you condemn him for rocking the boat? You apparently have about as much respect for the First Amendment as you have for the Second Amendment, and to me that looks like it's not too much. You apparently just want to condemn KABA and Angel for being everything you are afraid to be: principled, independent and courageous. And instead of standing aside and letting those who can and are willing to fight the battle for our rights do it, you try and shoot them down.
David and Angel aren't even here to defend themselves, and haven't been for a long time. And yet, you perpetuate the cowardly act of lobbing grenades at them while they cannot even answer your pathetic jibes. Is THAT the type of image you want gun owners to perpetuate - cowards who would condemn allies for doing what they are too weak, too cowardly and too morally lacking in integrity to do? Do you really want America to view gun owners as compliant automatons who would toe the line and bow to tyranny?
That's exactly what Sarah Brady and her ilk want, and that's exactly what your message is giving them.
Who would do more harm to our cause - the people fighting to restore our rights WITHIN THE TIGHT CONFINES OF THE LAW, willing to fight, push the envelope and unwilling to compromise away our rights...
...or the people who sit quietly on the sidelines, obey unconstitutional laws, bow to tyrants and keep their fingers crossed that all of their rights won't go away all at once, while spitting on those who are unwilling to take the coward's way out?
If you don't approve of our tactics, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion. But fact remains, we're fighting for you too, so if you can't be supportive, at least have the common goddamn courtesy of not stabbing us in the back every opportunity you get. We face enough opposition from the enemies of freedom, without having to deal with cowardly backstabbing from those who supposedly support our rights.