The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(02-06-2020, 05:00 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't think Mr. Brower will miss that right too much if it goes away.

Yep.  Americans have an individual right to own and carry weapons that the government cannot reduce in any way.  No attempt to legislate from the bench should be made to change the culture.  Any law that purports to limit this would be unconstitutional.

Now I believe a rational compromise could be reached.  A line between civilian and military weapons could be drawn using power, rate of fire and magazine size.  One could allow the states to institute limitations of military weapons, but not civilian arms.  One could say the US congress does not have such a power to limit this, to prevent attempts at cultural aggression.  You could give both sides much of what they want.

But I don’t anticipate compromise in the near future.  I also don't expect a prohibition to work.  It never has.  Both extremes are too rigid in their positions to compromise.  Maybe with the NRA imploding...