Stonecutter, if I walked up to you and demanded $100, and you told me no, would you want to bargain at $20? Or is that still stealing?
How about after I take your $20, I come up tomorrow and ask for $80. We again compromise at $20. By the end of the week, I'll still have my $100, because we bargained every time.
I'm saying step up to the table and say "no, don't take any of my stuff. We've been 'bargaining' for almost 80 years now (NFA was '34) and haven't gotten diddly, but keep giving more to you. Crime is still a problem." At the very least, if any new regulations do come in, then adamantly refusing any controls will result in the "compromise" being closer to what we want than if we "give in". Although I will make sure that if legislation is coming to light I will write to congress and tell them flat out if they vote approving any regulation, they will not get my vote in the next election.