Antipitas wrote:
It is painfully obvious that you are not, nor have you ever been a part of the military... Or you would know that answer.
Al, I see eye to eye with you on most subjects. And you are correct I have not served in the armed forces. I did want to but I was promoted at my job.
I admire and honor the sacrifice each and every one of you made or make today. However Al, the military contrary to popular belief is not in Iraq to defend my freedom of (insert freedom).
We were not in Vietnam to defend anything of my fathers, Same with Panama, Bosnia, Somalia, you name it.. NOT FOR YOU, NOT FOR ME...I'm not questioning the purpose, just tyring to put it into perspective. Although this issue is not the topic at hand.
Back to the issue at hand.
I enjoy how some people twist what I say. My main points are this. We are in a democratic nation, we are a civilized land, a land of laws. The PEOPLE (in theory) are supposed to govern the government, and for the most part we do. We have elections that put the person who the majority of that locale WANT into office. We have a structure that allows states to pass laws, laws the locale want,
or fail to fix, either by inactivity, or lack of giving a poo. If you do not like the way your local government is being ran, do something! Be proactive..we're so quick to bad mouth a politico, yet we do nothing. These guys..those that want to take your guns are being elected because for the most part we are pacifist, we do not (for the most part) participate in politics. So don't come to a forum smacking your lips about the new guy trying to butt bang your rights to own a firearm. DO SOMETHING, BE PROACTIVE! I am in no way telling you to start a revolution, or to start voting through a scope... I am telling you..ALL OF US, to be more active in politics, go to your local town meetings, and hey some of us would make GREAT mayors, governors, and hey I'm willing to bet someone on this forum would make a fantastic president.
So when you say "from my cold dead hands", or saying "concealed means concealed" when you do not have the right (within your locale) to carry DOES infact make us look barbaric. We cannot attempt to educate those who wish to learn more about firearms by also advocating breaking the law. It's the not the way we should be trying to gain support for our side.
Saying junk like that only scares the crap out of those who are not educated on what we hold so high. A bunch of extremists, are what we are reduced to, atleast in THEIR opinion.
Also another thing that actually hurts our side is when we spew these lame slogans or data that is warped to make it say what we want.
Gun's hardly have an effect on crime rates, this is a known fact...however saying MORE GUNS LESS CRIMES is bogus.
I HOPE this would help clear some stuff up.