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Originally Posted by uncle phil
damn, someone from the "cold, dead fingers" crowd who makes sense...
and, if a soldier asked me nicely to stay in my place temporarily, i'd probably say 'yes,' wartime or not...
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Me too, provided 1: it's voluntary on my part and 2: said soldier isn't responsible for 'pacifying' me.
I think the biggest dangers to gun-rights are as follows:
1: Illiteracy or it's near equivalent. If you understand what a 'preamble' is and what 'the people' means then the 2'nd Amendment is crystal clear. You don't have to like what is written to read it correctly.
2: Apathy: If you feel safe and don't exercise (or at least work to maintain) your rights you will lose them. Most people just don't care because they don't see having to use a firearm for violence as likely to occur....or having to speak out against a totalitarian government.....or assembling to organize against one.....etc. Most people just don't care.
3: A pacified public that thinks the world is a truly safe place.
I agree with the points Plan9 posted as hurting the gun-rights 'political' movement, but it shouldn't have in impact on our ability to exercise our rights.
For instance, I personally don't think it would be 'constitutional' to pass a constitutional amendment removing any among the bill of rights. I believe this to be the case because the constitution itself states that the bill of rights consists of inalienable rights....Thus they cannot be taken away, even through an amendment process.
They can, however, be restricted illegally by the ignorant and willfully corrupt...