re the pill for deer no hunting in article apr gnv ifas ufl edu jrm gnv ifas ufl edu writes in article apr synapse bms com hambidge bms com writes the second amendment is about sovereignty not sporting goods perfectly correct but it won t make any difference i agree sad but true self defense is a valid reason for rkba the vast majority get through life without ever having to own use or display a firearm besides there are other means of self protection which can be just as effective as firearms please name one freedoms and rights are not dependent on public opinion necessity or scientific scrutiny new to this planet everything is dependent on either public or political opinion usually political to imagine that inalienable rights are somehow wired into the vast cold cosmos is purest egotism and a dangerous delusion upon which our bill of rights is based some delusion no arguments against rkba can withstand scientific scrutiny they don t have to like so many other things the issue is one of perception rather than boring statistics every time some young innocent is gunned down in a drive by every time some kid is murdered for a jacket every time a store clerk is executed for three dollars in change every time some moron kills his wife because she took the last beer from the fridge every time someone hears a bang in the night the rkba dies the stats are not all that clearly behind firearms the protection factor does not strongly outweigh the mindless mayhem factor given society as we now experience it it seems safer to get rid of as many guns as possible that may be an error but enough active voters believe in that course if this were not true in practice then certain unethical politicians would not be passing gun control laws politicians are generally whores to public opinion this does not mean the the public is either well informed or correct as for the stats anyone can support anything with the right stats the right stats from what i ve seen are sometimes even used to support conflicting sides of the same issue how do you intend to silence rkba supporters talk all you want talk about the good old days when you used to own firearms after a while such talk will take on the character of war stories and no one will be very interested anymore used to own firearms while armed insurrection as the ff s of the const may have envisioned seems to me a somewhat fanatical approach to avoiding this political protest is still an option at this point i agree that it s argueably not enough and or too late if all else fails there s always pvc pipe and cosmoline chris miller chris morningstar com my opinions are my own obviously and by definition do not reflect the opinions of anyone else
