When it comes to registration of my guns...there will be no middle ground.We as gun owners have to get to the folks in the middle.
I do not think HB was implying we need to find a middle ground, but more so that we need to convince and educate people who are in the middle on gun rights issues. Most of us are locked in on keeping gun ownership to the original intent of the Constitution, and most activist liberals are locked in as wanting to ban all guns. The middle are people who really do not know what they think on gun rights or 2A. On one hand, they generally like the Constitution and all the ideas of freedom it stands for, but on the other hand, they are susceptible to emotion and feel bad when mass murders occur. Because of the emotions and wanting to be recognized as compassionate, their feelings overpower their critical thinking and it leads to naive thoughts that in our amazing country, we must be able to do something to prevent these incidents. Most of them are not evil, just naive because they never thought through the issues or human nature in an critical depth. The liberals try to capitalize on the naivety by repeating that they have the "solutions". Those who want more detail on how the "solutions" will work are bullied or guilted into silence with the famous "if you oppose our laws, you must want children to be murdered" shtick.Not a bad video.
When it comes to registration of my guns...there will be no middle ground.
I keep getting media reports of how 90% of Americans support UBC's. Maybe it's cherry-picking. Probably that number of people agree that background checks are a good way to keep criminals from buying a gun at the LGS. Frankly, the current system or one that criminalizes non-ffl transactions doesn't make me feel significantly safer.In January, a Quinnipiac poll found 92 percent of voters, including 91 percent of gun-owning households, support background checks on all gun buyers. A CBS-New York Times poll in January produced the same result. -Yahoo
That about sums it up. Except that I think that Manchin is till working on something. Don't know what, since he won't talk about it, but I am still concerned. Our best course of action is to oppose ANY bills that would potentially have a negative effect on our 2A rights. We already know they won't have any positive effects on fighting crime.I do not think HB was implying we need to find a middle ground, but more so that we need to convince and educate people who are in the middle on gun rights issues. Most of us are locked in on keeping gun ownership to the original intent of the Constitution, and most activist liberals are locked in as wanting to ban all guns. The middle are people who really do not know what they think on gun rights or 2A. On one hand, they generally like the Constitution and all the ideas of freedom it stands for, but on the other hand, they are susceptible to emotion and feel bad when mass murders occur. Because of the emotions and wanting to be recognized as compassionate, their feelings overpower their critical thinking and it leads to naive thoughts that in our amazing country, we must be able to do something to prevent these incidents. Most of them are not evil, just naive because they never thought through the issues or human nature in an critical depth. The liberals try to capitalize on the naivety by repeating that they have the "solutions". Those who want more detail on how the "solutions" will work are bullied or guilted into silence with the famous "if you oppose our laws, you must want children to be murdered" shtick.
The good news is that those in the middle are open and when walked through a logical defense of the 2nd Amendment, why gun laws do nothing to solve a problem that is rooting in human nature and human failings, and why gun ownership is an invaluable tool in self defense. We need to gently engage them, do this friendly walk-through, reinforce the walk-through and continue to show through our actions what responsible gun ownership looks like.
As for UBC, the adage "The devil's in the detail" has never been more true. I personally oppose the UBC bill that will come to the Senate floor after the Easter recess because it is basically Sen. Schumer's bill, and we know how he feels about the 2nd Amendment (think gun registry). Sens. Manchin, Kirk, and Coburn tried negotiating a UBC bill, but Schumer would not compromise on the record keeping aspect so initially Coburn walked away. Later Manchin and Kirk eventually gave up on a deal and released a joint statement that they would not be supporting Schumer's UBC bill. That was about a month ago so we have to see what they are saying now.
You are correct about educating folks in the middle of the issue. We can no longer convince them with our normal hard line stance. We will loose. We have to articulate our point and do it in a not threatening manor.( I understand we are not threatening them, but it comes across very harsh ) I believe we can win them over, Its just going to take some kit gloves.I do not think HB was implying we need to find a middle ground, but more so that we need to convince and educate people who are in the middle on gun rights issues. Most of us are locked in on keeping gun ownership to the original intent of the Constitution, and most activist liberals are locked in as wanting to ban all guns. The middle are people who really do not know what they think on gun rights or 2A. On one hand, they generally like the Constitution and all the ideas of freedom it stands for, but on the other hand, they are susceptible to emotion and feel bad when mass murders occur. Because of the emotions and wanting to be recognized as compassionate, their feelings overpower their critical thinking and it leads to naive thoughts that in our amazing country, we must be able to do something to prevent these incidents. Most of them are not evil, just naive because they never thought through the issues or human nature in an critical depth. The liberals try to capitalize on the naivety by repeating that they have the "solutions". Those who want more detail on how the "solutions" will work are bullied or guilted into silence with the famous "if you oppose our laws, you must want children to be murdered" shtick.
The good news is that those in the middle are open and when walked through a logical defense of the 2nd Amendment, why gun laws do nothing to solve a problem that is rooting in human nature and human failings, and why gun ownership is an invaluable tool in self defense. We need to gently engage them, do this friendly walk-through, reinforce the walk-through and continue to show through our actions what responsible gun ownership looks like.
As for UBC, the adage "The devil's in the detail" has never been more true. I personally oppose the UBC bill that will come to the Senate floor after the Easter recess because it is basically Sen. Schumer's bill, and we know how he feels about the 2nd Amendment (think gun registry). Sens. Manchin, Kirk, and Coburn tried negotiating a UBC bill, but Schumer would not compromise on the record keeping aspect so initially Coburn walked away. Later Manchin and Kirk eventually gave up on a deal and released a joint statement that they would not be supporting Schumer's UBC bill. That was about a month ago so we have to see what they are saying now.