Shootist article is chilling and goes to my worst fear. Instead of confronting Second Amendment head on, our leaders are doing end runs designed to diminish access to our ability to go "Bang".
For the record, I have no love for republicans who have squandered Newt Gingrich's Contract With America, for which Clinton takes credit for economic prosperity. They are feckless cowards who have little response to the present regime which is assisted, after all, by mainstream media and Hollywood.
2010 is our year and although present pain is just that, (painful), I have prayed that democrats would overreach and they are doing that bigtime. Isn't it amazing how angry they are? They have both houses of congress and the White House, so why the angst? Because the engine of liberalism is negativity and fear. It is only via constant complaint, portraying themselves as victims and channeling hatred toward their political enemies, that liberals can champion their ideal: "You can fool all of the people some of the time". This, it would appear, is the portion of Lincoln that Obama adores.
Even if the republicans fail to live up to the legacy of Reagan and Gingrich, (presuming victory in 2010), anything is better than what we have now. It is mourning in America and we must find our way through present darkness in quest of a new dawn; one in which Honorably Discharged Veteran gun owners are no longer regarded as terrorists and take their rightful place as Patriots in the light of day.