[Caymus]

Originally Posted by Trayderjoe

I am not so sure there is any room for compromise now, even if there was a small chance, now that the “quiet part” has been said out loud.

Earlier in this thread a poster used the analogy of “taking small bites of the elephant” I believe to indicate an attempt to chip away at the second amendment as is being done with the first amendment. Now there is a call to ban 9mm handguns which were referred to as “high caliber weapons”.

I believe that in order to compromise, you needed to start with the truth. Given that “assault weapon” and weapon of war” are emotional phrases used to describe certain firearms and are NOT BASED ON FACT, add the new mantra of “high caliber weapons” and this will slide into a total gun ban. Forget that bolt action rifles, as one poster here suggested would be ok, if those bolt action rifles are “high caliber” they get taken away too.

I stopped reading this thread because it again got to “wash, rinse, repeat”, but given that the quiet part has now been said out loud, here you go. If you still think there is an opportunity to debate, good luck. At least this thread was allowed to continue, congrats to all for keeping away from politics and staying on topic.

In the end, gangbangers and other criminals will always have guns.