The more we’re willing to declare in public our willingness to resort to arms to defend our rights, the less likely it is that we’ll ever have to do so–because the government is listening. Let them know what personal cost awaits them, and most likely they’ll never dare to make the attempt.I have for decades been disturbed by this propensity of the gun culture to make silly jokes and serious proposals for burying their arms, when their ancestors under the same conditions stood up to the world’s greatest empire.And won. Has everyone forgotten that bit? |