Double Naught Spy
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It is quite troubling when folks like Ted Nugent speak ignorantly. He says to demand the right to self defense. The right to self defense isn't much of an issue in most states or in federal law. Some states do have some restrictive parameters (such as mandatrory retreat before using lethal force), but "self defense" is not what the NRA or gun owners are after.
Basically, Nugent has associated the right of self defense as a variant of gun ownership. This is not the case and arguing the case in that manner is not going to work. Why? Because as noted, self defense is allowed legally. Where the regulation comes in is with the tools one might want to use to exercise our right to self defense. You can have self defense without guns.
So, demanding the right to self defense is essentially demanding the right we already have. Nobody is fighting us on this. Too bad Nugent doesn't understand this.
Nugent said that anti-gunners are not the enemy, but a joke. He went on to say that gun owners that are not members of the NRA are the real enemy. This is just a blatantly stupid set of declarations. It wasn't non-NRA gun owners that have put forth legislation to restrict guns. That was done by the anti-gunners. For a group that supposedly is a joke, they have done a lot of damage to our gun rights. Just what damage has non-NRA gun owners done to us?
So, Nugent has misidentified who our enemy is and underestimated the powers of the actual enemy, the anti-gunners. Underestimating one's enemy is a sure way to lose a fight. Not only that, but now he has helped to assure that many non-NRA gun owners won't ever join the NRA because of his proclamation that such folks are our enemy.
Why must non-NRA gun owners join the NRA? Are they still the enemy if they vote as pro-gun people? I don't think so. Saying they would be the enemy is just a bunch of self-centered elitist crap.
Basically, Nugent has associated the right of self defense as a variant of gun ownership. This is not the case and arguing the case in that manner is not going to work. Why? Because as noted, self defense is allowed legally. Where the regulation comes in is with the tools one might want to use to exercise our right to self defense. You can have self defense without guns.
So, demanding the right to self defense is essentially demanding the right we already have. Nobody is fighting us on this. Too bad Nugent doesn't understand this.
Nugent said that anti-gunners are not the enemy, but a joke. He went on to say that gun owners that are not members of the NRA are the real enemy. This is just a blatantly stupid set of declarations. It wasn't non-NRA gun owners that have put forth legislation to restrict guns. That was done by the anti-gunners. For a group that supposedly is a joke, they have done a lot of damage to our gun rights. Just what damage has non-NRA gun owners done to us?
So, Nugent has misidentified who our enemy is and underestimated the powers of the actual enemy, the anti-gunners. Underestimating one's enemy is a sure way to lose a fight. Not only that, but now he has helped to assure that many non-NRA gun owners won't ever join the NRA because of his proclamation that such folks are our enemy.
Why must non-NRA gun owners join the NRA? Are they still the enemy if they vote as pro-gun people? I don't think so. Saying they would be the enemy is just a bunch of self-centered elitist crap.