Ed Good,
If the captioned quotes above are indeed your words, I can tell you fat King George would have proudly called you his "subject." Those words are flacid attempts at virtue signalling the degree to which you are at pains to be "reasonable."
If our founders had been similarly as "reasonable" we would be waiving the Union Jack today.
Always remember that those who would subjugate us to the wonders of authoritarian Govt will ALWAYS appeal to people's desire to see themselves, and be seen by others, as "reasonable"..."cooperative"...and "moderate."
Now please direct me to where I can find a book about "great moderates in American history"...or even "great moderates in world hjstory."
You can not. History has ALWAYS hinged upon despots who subjugate, sometimes overthrown by freedom seeking radicals who refuse to cooperate.
More guns...more gun owners...equals a greater beachhead of liberty.
- Nudge
