Venge
Active Member
There was a fella here last year that made a "threat" not even related to this forum.
He was arrested, his posts here showed up in the news and was used for not only media but political theater. So to answer your question, yes.
The problem is, if political lackeys are here, and their asking these type of questions, to try and cover the bases for Legislation 2014, it's best to not outright give them the answers to their question(s), don't you agree?
Or should we just hand them 2A and say "do as you wish.".
Wow, I guess I missed that story. That really sucks for that guy, and I bet that was bad for publicity here to.
So, I get that. However, if the last strategy we have to protect second amendment rights is to hide information and hope that it isn't discovered, we are so far gone...
I like arguing with people from time to time. When I argue with people on this topic, 10 times out of 10 I know more about firearms, particularly the ones being banned or regulated, than the people I'm arguing with. I can't argue the point with them unless they have the same facts and technical knowledge that I have, so I answer their questions clearly and honestly, and give them all the same information that I know.
You know what's funny? Once they have it, most people I've argued with were left scratching their heads over why the bans were started to begin with.
I know that this is not applicable to politicians and even venomous anti-gunners, who don't really care to hear the reasons for things or to use their deductive brains. I hope, though, that actually educating, informing, and being open and honest about what we're talking about allows for a reasoned discourse in which the right of the individual to keep and bear arms is the only possible conclusion, the only possible interpretation of the text and spirit of our supreme law.
I don't see "educating everyone with facts" and "retaining our rights and our guns" as a mutually exclusive choice. If it is, boy, are we sunk! You can't hide the truth forever.
For these reasons, I respectfully disagree.