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I stand with John Locke.
Funny how game theory is exactly what has made it possible for the opposition to win in the courts thus far.
That's true, but you miss my point here. A Constitutional Convention requires massive support. The opposition has been winning precisely because their approach doesn't require that. Otherwise, they would have already done away with the 2nd Amendment.
As long as we keep with the current Constitutional mechanisms, it will be much harder to amend the Constitution than it is to get laws passed. But more importantly, it means that if we manage an Article V Convention and get what we need out of it, reversing that will require another Con Con. Which is to say, the demographic shift required for that is much greater than that which is required to prevent the Convention that we will need.
So you'd better not underestimate the danger posed by a demographic shift. It could easily, and permanently, kill our ability to win liberty without even achieving a national majority.
The demographics I speak of are not just political, but I do see your point. If we can win over those who immigrate here, it will make things much more difficult for the opposition, and perhaps even impossible.
Now this I disagree with, at least with respect to the demographics. I do agree that it's an excellent tool for speaking to those who are already on our side, a way of showing them that the next step is necessary. But for those who aren't on our side yet, how is it that they'll care, when they see the courts siding with them on the issues they care about?
That makes the PR game a very difficult one. How do you go about convincing someone who doesn't already side with you that they should side with you, and that the courts are a barrier to their interests, when the courts have been siding with them on other issues?
OK, will do. And I agree, it's not an impossible bar.
Heller made it easier to bypass the nonsense about a milita bound right.. Even today a few nuts claim that...but I tell them if they can't accept court rulings.. We are done talking..
Done in front of an 'audience' ..usually one or two is best.... I usually then start working on the audience..
Then I do either ss or due process.. Moderates become even more moderates.. Mild antis become moderates..
You need to remember that most folks parot back what they are told by the talking heads so they can give the right answers.. Many have never ever ever had an original thought.. Plus since all gun owners are undereducated..they can't surviving being one upped..
Heller lets me pants them right out of the gate..and no liberal can oppose due process..
But realise these folks are not the target..they are the foil..the method is out think them in public..thus causing all those who really don't care but just want to have the right answer when teacher calls on them..to actually listen.
Plus its the only time we get free airtime other than a mass shooting..and that tends to put us at a disadvantage
Now most of the time they conceede Heller.. Now we are talking about rights not guns..
This is a big improvement.