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46. " The Pink Pistols *ARE* a Second Amendment extremist organization."

And there we have it...

1. I think it was Barry Goldwater who declared, "Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice," he was talking out of his rear and the American people vehemently disagreed with him, because he was in fact advocating vice that undermined liberty.

2. As to your assertion that I should read John Lott, I'll simply refer you to this list of academic studies refuting his conclusions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Guns,_Less_Crime#Studies_Against

3. So the Libertarian Party is going to protect me from myself by allowing private sales with no-background check required at all to buy an assault rifle? - That's the basic problem with your argument there- it is set-up with the basic idea that the individual choice is supreme above public safety.

4. The Democratic Party and most gun control activists are not against the Second Amendment, they are against the extremist interpretation thereof that creates days like January 8th, 2011.

The Democratic Party is in favor of improved gun control:

Clearly, there's more we can do to prevent gun violence. But I want this to at least be the beginning of a new discussion on how we can keep America safe for all our people.

I know some aren't interested in participating. Some will say that anything short of the most sweeping anti-gun legislation is a capitulation to the gun lobby. Others will predictably cast any discussion as the opening salvo in a wild-eyed scheme to take away everybody's guns. And such hyperbole will become the fodder for overheated fundraising letters.

But I have more faith in the American people than that. Most gun-control advocates know that most gun owners are responsible citizens. Most gun owners know that the word "commonsense" isn't a code word for "confiscation." And none of us should be willing to remain passive in the face of violence or resigned to watching helplessly as another rampage unfolds on television.

- President Barack Obama

It's time to give up that extremism, friend, it's not working for the American People. I know exactly what leg I'm standing on and it's not an extremist one.