General Discussion

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"Until we start treating gun ownership as a privilege that can be taken away instead of a right that people will abuse just because they can, we're just sitting ducks." is the wedge issue that prevents reasonable gun owners from voting for gun control measures.

Gun ownership is a Constitutional Right, and only becomes a "privilege" when that Right is abused or the owner becomes a danger to him or herself, or others.

Like all enumerated Constitutional Rights, the Second Amendment is subject to reasonable restrictions and regulation, and the SCOTUS has affirmed that more than once. The NRA has consistently fought against ANY form of sensible gun control for years, and has repeated the lie about "Democrats are coming for your guns" so often that many otherwise sensible gun owners believe it.

The NRA is funded by ALEC (which wrote most of the relaxed and obscene SYG and CCW laws) and the Koch Brothers in the interest of promoting profits for gun manufacturers and sellers. These right-wing organizations have absolutely no interest in stemming the flow of illegal guns to criminals and the mentally challenged as long as the profits flow.

And that is the battle that responsible Americans for gun control are fighting: right-wing greed, and NRA lies and half-truths.