we ARE still seeing an ever increasing number of mass shootings
I'm 'a need a cite for that before surrendering my God-given liberties (and won't be holding my breath)
I don’t want to give up any rights, but...
Digging in our heels and saying we are not going to give an inch isn’t going to protect our right to keep and bear arms in the long run.
Do you not remember 2013, or were you simply not paying attention (or part of the action against the AWB/UBC)?*
I was glad to see the NRA supporting the No Fly ban being extended to firearm purchases PROVIDED Due Process is used
It is literally the same as favoring gun control, so long as it only applies to the bad guys. Exactly. The. Same. It's an oxymoronic statement.
being involved in finding solutions to the problem
IIRC, the last jihadi in San Bernadino wasn't on the list either. Exactly how is this a solution, that's being pitched, and not just anti-gun/anti-immigrant synergy between Trump and Feinstein?
Why don’t we come up with a list of things we think would help prevent the crazies or radicals getting firearms and causing problems for legitimate gun owners.
Our nation has tried, literally
thousands of strategies to anticipate and neuter criminal behavior over the last three centuries (and beyond). It cannot be done, without putting all of us in a prison (and even in North Korea, inmates escape from time to time when they aren't eating grass or each other to survive)
In over 70% of the cases, federal charges are never filed
Well, then it certainly sounds like you've already realized MORE laws aren't really an answer, haven't you.
I have talked to my Federal officials and let them know how I feel. Surprisingly they agree!
Yeah, they 'agreed' back when those laws they aren't enforcing were passed, too; yup, they took beau-coup credit for being "tough on crime" back then, I reckon.
I don’t care, I WANT TO SEE US BECOME PART OF A SOLUTION AND NOT BE SEEN AS SINGLE ISSUE OBSTRUCTIONISTS.
Exactly what evidence has there been to date that the 'solution' --assuming there even is one-- is legislative? We pass the laws, they get broken by suicidal goons who we already would have had the legal authority to punish if taken alive...so what does passing more accomplish? Make you feel better? The Columbine shooting took place during an Assault Weapon Ban where scary guns weren't really available (they had like a Hi Point with low-capacity mags & a sawn off shotgun, IIRC), yet evil 'found a way' as it always does. However, everyone else was forbidden from availing themselves of drastically more effective defensive, sporting, and competition equipment --especially the defensive side, since handguns were relegated to a mere ten rounds, laughably inadequate by a great many experts' standards today, and as the market has shown, in complete opposition to the free will of informed gun owning Americans.
You know, when I copied this last quote, I accidentally hit the "search using Bing" button;
https://www.bing.com/search?q=I+don%E2%80%99t+care%2C+I+WANT+TO+SEE+US+BECOME+PART+OF+A+SOLUTION+AND+NOT+BE+SEEN+AS+SINGLE+ISSUE+OBSTRUCTIONISTS.&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN
EVERY RESULT IS FROM "DAILY KOS" AND #4 IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CONCERN TROLLING
--these search algorithms are becoming self-aware, I think
You started out good, but...I'm gonna have to agree with Bing --you totally come off as a concern troll by the end, way too many buzzwords and phrases that are very specifically associated with the anti-gun set.
Hate to get kinda personal, but;
"Yep I am on the wrong side of 70 too and my tastes run to a beautiful Wood stock and a deep shiny blue such as Colt and S&W used to turn out. I still drool when I spot an older revolver and not too."
"If 6 wont do it I shouldn't carry"
*"I did as I threatened, and did not renew my membership (NRA)" --
in May 2013, so I guess youwere in the game during the UBC/AWB debates and seeking 'solutions,' just not on our side
And, the rest of the posts I bothered to skim through were almost exclusively about revolvers. Wheel guns and bolt actions are classic, nothing is more elegant IMO, and I'd fight just as vigorously if they were working on laws to limit their bore size or muzzle energy...but it ain't your skin in the game here, so quit trying to convince me to peel mine for your peace of mind.
TCB