Ruining Gun Ownership for the Rest of Us-The right needs to rescue the Second Amendment from hapless Libertarians (FashTheNation)
"The average gun owner has an outdated idea of what the Second Amendment is for and an ineffective rhetorical style that appeals to other pro-gun conservatives while having little impact on public opinion. Many in the gun community are committed to an abstract ideal of absolute gun freedom that has never existed in the real world and actually makes necessary political maneuvering on gun policy impossible."
Maybe so, but once you drop the absolutist position (i.e., the "shall not be infringed" language), nit-pickers will pick away with "reasonable" requirements, such as more down to the molecular-level background checks, fees, taxes, waiting periods, and what-the-fuck-all in order to red-tape gun ownership into extinction. (NB: Look up what you have to do now to get a gun carry permit in NY, CA, or MA.)
"Gaius Marcius"* makes some good points but misjudges the situation they apply to. There's more to this issue than just geek tier debating points.
*Nom de plume.
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