This Gun-Nut has had enough.

[Blasphemer]

89. Great post.

I've never been a "gun-nut", as I've never even been around a gun, much less held or used one. However, I've also never been a dedicated gun control advocate. The reason for the latter relates to how the country was founded and the fact that armed resistance is sometimes necessary. Hunting or self-defense was never the reason for my hesitancy to fully support gun control laws. While I see the importance of the right to have an armed citizenry, I've also never understood why the issue was so either/or and black and white. Free speech has been defined in such a way that there is no such thing as 100% free speech. I think we're all aware of the fire in a crowded theater example and we know that the public airwaves are censored. So, I've never felt that gun control laws would necessarily undermine civil liberties where gun ownership is concerned. You are correct that the problem is in part due to the gun lobby that you mentioned and the fact that no reasonable debate seems to be possible. Hopefully, one of the lessons of today will be that we need to have serious and measured debate about this issue in order to come to a fair and reasonable solution.