Your points are very well made, thanks. As a fellow advocate of Second Amendment rights, I must warn you that we are very much in the minority here, and you will get some undeserved shit from the more hysterical hoplophobes. I just try to ignore them.
Anyhow, welcome aboard.
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"Movement can be seductive, because it is so easily mistaken for productive action."
----From the Tao of Possum, Chapter 5 - On Truth and Illusion
Usually I'm not 'moved' so much to post. Translated, that means I'm typically too lazy to really argue on the Internet. ;-)
The essence of freedom is proper limitation of government.