Ted, your pigeonholes or are they sheep holes don't really have a lot of credibility. They don't span the list of issues in any consistent fashion. In general, the pro gun world was hideously silent (at best) to enthusiastically supportive (at worst) of the previous administration's disregard for the first amendment, among many other things.

Meanwhile, the folks that waive the first ammendment flags and claim to, as you put it, "defend every tenant of the constitution with the same zeal" tend to be remarkably silent or opposed to assaults on the second ammendment.

Hence, sometimes the sheep, sometimes the dog, but near side has much credibility about what lurks under their clothing, and no group as a lock on being defenders of "every tenant of the constitution." Just the parts that they happen to like the most.

Brent

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