Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Krispos, I think we may be treading on a fine line. (Group business.) [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)When a jury didn't fall in the way a Controller wanted, he immediately ran to Meta to complain until the poster was shown the RKBA door. Meta is NOT a fallback that boils down to "I didn't get my toy, so I'll be damned if this guy does." Granted, it's meant to address grievances, but that poster never made a singular effort to approach the topic here; He knew he would fail if he kept the discussion in the RKBA forum, so he went elsewhere; where RKBA has a bad rap, and where popular opinion would force a result. That is, for all intents and purposes, the direct effort of authoritarian Controllers to attempt to stifle discussion and debate on a message board. To be blunt; He ran to mommy.
Why do I support the RKBA side of things? I'm biased, of that there is no lie. But do you want to know -why- I am biased? Because I don't believe all guns should be taken out of personal hands (As espoused here, Grahm4-somethingorother.) I don't believe that all (weasel word: Most) gun advocates are pocket criminals. I don't believe that if one owns a gun, you're a murderer waiting to happen.
I support the RKBA side because, for the most part, the Gun Control side is fucking insane in their propositions, and I don't want to get the crazy on me. Does that make me a gun-loony? Not by a long shot. As I said earlier, I do support reasonable and active, proactive and effective gun control legislation. But I'll be damned if I'm associated with someone who says everyone with a gun loves killing children.