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Nothing was lost because they had nothing in the first place.
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That's not true. For example, hunters had at least some provision to carry a sidearm under the old scheme. The True Believers ruined that for them.
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If anything, correct constitutional law would not side with the owner in a public store; at a minimum, it would require the owner to provide equivalent physical protection to visitors.
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We've never seen a decision along those lines, and I doubt we ever will. It pits the right to self-defense (which has only recently and narrowly acknowledged) against property rights (which the courts have long acknowledged).
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Others are inclined to lay low, go with the flow, and hope the government won't bother them. The vast majority of posters in this thread are in the latter group.
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That's inaccurate and a bit insulting to many people. Those of us who aren't "obnoxious" are somehow less valuable to the cause than those who are? What about those who work within the system, who do the
boring work that most of the zealots won't? Who really gets more done, Alan Gura or Ted Nugent?
I get it, folks want to stomp around and make a big splash. Let's not get that confused with effecting real change.
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If you have a concealed carry permit, then you are an "activist" or "zealot". You are head and shoulders above the rest of gun owners because you're willing to take immediate action to save your life.
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I know plenty of folks with carry permits who don't lift a finger to do anything for the RKBA. Once again, dividing us into tribes is really disingenuous.
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This is a very different attitude than the average hunter who shoots 10 rounds a year.
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Ah, yes. Let's all call them Fudds, shall we? You want to know who some of the most powerful advocates for our rights are? Those very same guys.
So let's lose the broad and false generalizations. They create the very division within our ranks the other side loves to pounce on.