The liberals have successfully redefined issues:
Probably more accurate to say "Democrats" than "liberals," since the latter is supposed to mean "open-minded, tolerant, progressive." Those are good things. I don't think those qualities actually apply to either of the big two parties, by and large. To my mind, they both tend to be close-minded and biased in their ways, working on old assumptions or prejudices.
"for the second amendment" is now about hunting
abortion is now about choice (remember is used to be "it's not a life"?)
guns are now assault weapons
Maybe instead of higher taxes we should say "people choosing what to do with their own money"
or "for the second amendment" is now about the right to self-defense, the right to control our own bodies.
Exactly. When someone says "poweful gun lobby," turn it around into "powerful civil liberties advocates." Put the Second Amendment right back up their with the First (where it literally is, of course), instead of letting it be treated like the ugly step-child of the Constitution. Rhetoric is the weapon of choice in this battle, as anti-RKBA advocates have successfully shown.
Remind people that we shouldn't have to always prove why we citizens need or want something--like guns for self-defense or sport. Rather, the government needs to present utterly compelling reasons to take rights or possessions away. Afaik, it hasn't yet produced truly compelling anti RKBA arguments, only emotional ones.
The government exists to serve us, not control us, but the fear generated by anti-RKBA rhetoric plays on people's natural tendency to relinquish sovereignty when the going gets tough. (Witness the so-called "Patriot Act.")
