Playboypenguin
Moderator
We seem to be in a time where, even though gun rights are winning some major court battles, public opinion seems to be turning against us.
I have really been noticing that more and more people seem to be turned more anti-gun every year. It seems some people even get more turned off to the pro-gun movement because of what they feel to be "money talks" type bullying in the court systems.
It is this attitude that makes me fear that the 2nd Amendment could someday be radically changed if not repealed. We already live in a country where most people do not agree on what the amendment even says and means. All I fear it would take is the right gun related disaster at the right time to set a change to the constitution in motion.
This is one of the reasons I have always held the opinion that a person should never use the 2nd Amendment as heir primary argument for gun rights. The constitution is a fluid document. It has changed in the past and it can change in the future. It is, after all, a document made by men for men.
That is why I have felt for years that it is necessary for us pro-gunnies to start using better arguments. "Because these guys said so 200 years ago" is just not that strong of an argument in the modern world.
I prefer to rely on true statistics of personal protection, realistic portrayal of gun dangers vs. their advantages, and stressing the general overall value of an armed nation against a corrupt government.
Am I alone in this boat or do any others think the same way and see the same potential dangers? Or do most of you think if we just keep thumping our chests and holding up the constitution we will achieve our goals? (I know that is a very biased way of wording the question but you get the point )
I have really been noticing that more and more people seem to be turned more anti-gun every year. It seems some people even get more turned off to the pro-gun movement because of what they feel to be "money talks" type bullying in the court systems.
It is this attitude that makes me fear that the 2nd Amendment could someday be radically changed if not repealed. We already live in a country where most people do not agree on what the amendment even says and means. All I fear it would take is the right gun related disaster at the right time to set a change to the constitution in motion.
This is one of the reasons I have always held the opinion that a person should never use the 2nd Amendment as heir primary argument for gun rights. The constitution is a fluid document. It has changed in the past and it can change in the future. It is, after all, a document made by men for men.
That is why I have felt for years that it is necessary for us pro-gunnies to start using better arguments. "Because these guys said so 200 years ago" is just not that strong of an argument in the modern world.
I prefer to rely on true statistics of personal protection, realistic portrayal of gun dangers vs. their advantages, and stressing the general overall value of an armed nation against a corrupt government.
Am I alone in this boat or do any others think the same way and see the same potential dangers? Or do most of you think if we just keep thumping our chests and holding up the constitution we will achieve our goals? (I know that is a very biased way of wording the question but you get the point )