Common sense approach to compromise re the gun debate

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FoghornLeghorn

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Before you become irate re any "compromises", the author is responding to a tree hugging gun grabbing liberal blog. Here's her blog.

http://www.commongunsense.com/2010/09/where-there-is-open-mind.html

Here's the author's response (hence, the title of this thread.

http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2010/09/ok-ill-play.html?m=1

I was most impressed with his analogy:

I hear a lot about "compromise" from your camp ... except, it's not compromise.

Let's say I have this cake. It is a very nice cake, with "GUN RIGHTS" written across the top in lovely floral icing. Along you come and say, "Give me that cake."

I say, "No, it's my cake."

You say, "Let's compromise. Give me half." I respond by asking what I get out of this compromise, and you reply that I get to keep half of my cake.

Okay, we compromise. Let us call this compromise The National Firearms Act of 1934.

There I am with my half of the cake, and you walk back up and say, "Give me that cake."

I say, "No, it's my cake."

You say, "Let's compromise." What do I get out of this compromise? Why, I get to keep half of what's left of the cake I already own.

So, we have your compromise -- let us call this one the Gun Control Act of 1968 -- and I'm left holding what is now just a quarter of my cake.

And I'm sitting in the corner with my quarter piece of cake, and here you come again. You want my cake. Again.

This time you take several bites -- we'll call this compromise the Clinton Executive Orders -- and I'm left with about a tenth of what has always been MY DAMN CAKE and you've got nine-tenths of it.

Then we compromised with the Lautenberg Act (nibble, nibble), the HUD/Smith and Wesson agreement (nibble, nibble), the Brady Law (NOM NOM NOM), the School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act (sweet tap-dancing Freyja, my finger!)

I'm left holding crumbs of what was once a large and satisfying cake, and you're standing there with most of MY CAKE, making anime eyes and whining about being "reasonable", and wondering "why we won't compromise".

I'm done with being reasonable, and I'm done with compromise. Nothing about gun control in this country has ever been "reasonable" nor a genuine "compromise".
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I really liked it. The point? No more compromises. By now we all realize the gun grabbers aren't interested in high cap mags or assault rifles. The gun grabbers want all of our guns and realize that to accomplish that, they have to take them one piece at a time.
 
It is indeed a good analogy, and very true. The Brady folks are very adamant about disarming us, and it scares the pewp out of me... I love my guns, and I really enjoy shooting with my kids.
 
Excellent post and analogy! With that kind of "compromise" I would like to see the fed govt start compromising with me on my taxes!
 
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