03-21-2018, 10:46 PM
(03-21-2018, 08:11 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(03-21-2018, 02:29 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: There's a difference (a different sound/a different feel) between a neighbor knocking on your door and a criminal breaking into to your home or a dangerous person forcing they're way into your home. Yes, a burglar/dangerous person could end up shot/wounded or end up dead from a gun shot. That's a risk that burglars/criminals/dangerous people take these days. Once again, the blues seem more concerned about the lives of burglars/criminals than the lives of lawful citizens. I've always had an issue with Progressive/blue/green values because of the positions they take on issues involving American values. What do we (the Americans) do with/do about the Progressive/blue/green? Do we wait for/trust the Democrats to take care (get rid of them) of them for us or do we (The Americans) begin the process of getting rid of them ourselves?
The points being, that it has in fact often happened that a gun owner HAS shot a neighbor or other non-dangerous person by mistake. And second, a burglar does not threaten your life, only your property, while you would be executing him without trial. And third, of course, as has been made clear, it is OUR side that upholds American values, NOT yours.
I don't like the recent red label of using 'American' to identify their own beliefs. I mean, I can disagree and agree with Eric, but he is no less or more American than Classic. I prefer the conservative or progressive labels. Especially on firearm policy, Classic will profess older values, Eric newer. This does not mean the values are more or less American, particularly.
Liberals will bind together to form strong communities. Conservatives will be ruggedly independent. Is it American to embrace one trend or the other? I think not. In the old days loners would sit on their own land and do their thing, but some of our great and memorable achievements required teamwork. I wouldn't care to say D-Day or the Moon Shot were not American.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.