My issue is that 2a absolutionists are naive and delusional. They operate on the idea that if they can somehow reach across the aisle and find common cause via supporting other people's gun-ownership rights, that they'll become bosom companions and everything will be merry.
No. Sorry. Doesn't work that way. I'm not going to expend energy trying to arm my enemy that wants to kill me.
I'm beginning to think I really didn't make myself clear in what I was trying to say...
Your confusion comes from misreading the motives of gun rights supporters. We aren't "reaching across the aisle" by defending their gun rights. By defending their rights, we are defending our own. We aren't trying to arm them. We are keeping the government from eventually disarming us.
It's no different than free speech "absolutionists" defending speech they find offensive. If there are "reasonable" limits, then they are no longer rights, but privileges. And privileges can be further eroded or taken away completely.
...? I'm sorry, what?
My issue is that 2a absolutionists are naive and delusional. They operate on the idea that if they can somehow reach across the aisle and find common cause via supporting other people's gun-ownership rights, that they'll become bosom companions and everything will be merry.
No. Sorry. Doesn't work that way. I'm not going to expend energy trying to arm my enemy that wants to kill me.
I'm beginning to think I really didn't make myself clear in what I was trying to say...
Did you know that Fascism, Racism, and Counter-revolutionary thought were all considered mental illnesses in the Soviet Union?
That's why going down that rabbit hole is a silly idea.
The same people who banned the asylums are also the people who want to kill you. They are also the ones writing the DSM.
True.
It's still far to close to a scorpion-and-frog scenario for my taste.
If we both have guns, I have a chance.
If only criminals who are acquitted and released 14 times have guns, I don't.
Your confusion comes from misreading the motives of gun rights supporters. We aren't "reaching across the aisle" by defending their gun rights. By defending their rights, we are defending our own. We aren't trying to arm them. We are keeping the government from eventually disarming us.
It's no different than free speech "absolutionists" defending speech they find offensive. If there are "reasonable" limits, then they are no longer rights, but privileges. And privileges can be further eroded or taken away completely.