“Why, exactly, are we giving up ANYTHING? Heck, I dare the dems to introduce the nastiest, worst possible ban they can think of --it'll by definition be destined to go nowhere, same as why they don't bring up a constitutional amendment like they're supposed to. The only reason we would offer ANYTHING they might find palatable on this issue, is because we actually want to do 'something' about gun violence. We've known for decades now that these types of legislative solutions are both counterproductive and corrosive to liberty. Since they won't work on gun violence, that means the only reason we would conceivably support these measures is because it accomplishes limited, incremental, gun control for the sake of gun control. I do not support gun control for its own sake.”
Giving up anything is one reason I don’t like it. The other is I’m not sure it would help. More likely, the Dems would take it and then cry they need more time, yada, yada. As I was trying to convey the only thing I really like about the proposal is that I can use it when trying to sway fence sitters, especially ones that tend towards anti-2nd amendment.
You know as long as it is the name of safety, there should be some additions to the Repub’s proposal. Say, silencers no longer on the NFA list, mandatory must-issue permits in all states and DC, the firing of Jeh Johnson, allowing newly made full auto firearms on the NFA list (okay this one probably isn’t safety related but they should give us something for giving up anything), admitting radical Islam is a problem, regular tracking of Muslims who go to the mid-East and openly display violent tendencies and have anti-American, foreign national parents. I’m sure you get my drift by now. I don’t really like any dealings with the Dems on gun control; they have proven themselves untrustworthy.
Time to get to work on my letter to my congress critters.