I just don't understand the way I've been treated here. Okay, I screwed up the legal precedent on this one. Yeah, there ARE actually some things I don't know about the government and Constitutional law. Fair enough, but at least I was trying to do something for the Second Amendment cause. I have no problem with it being explained to me that I made a mistake, and that's fine - forget the whole endeavor, because I messed up on this one. What I don't understand is why I have to be treated with such rudeness and sarcasm. I made a mistake, but I was trying to do the right thing here, so I think I could have been treated with a little more courtesy. That's all I'm saying.
-derhammer
While I would not be upset to see this thread put to rest, I think there needs to be air-clearing before we turn off the lights.
Eagerness and earnestness are great things, but .... And you all know when somebody says "X X X, but ..." that a hammer, or at least a shoe is going to drop. So here's the object being dropped -
If you go around advocating for something that physically cannot happen, or encourages one arm of government to blatantly violate both the law, the philosophical foundations upon which our government and country were founded, and The Rule of Law (go look up what it means when it's given as a proper name) then not only will you be greeted negatively by the side you thought you were supporting, but by the oposition as well. In this case the antis will have a field day pointing their fingers and saying things like "Those bozos don't even know how government works. I guess we can use that to stick another control on them."
On a personal note - you were given many chances to go look up/review/refresh you understanding of the federal executive branch and how in interacts with all three branches of State government. You declined those opportunities and demanded that we accept your point of view. That is very much like how the hippies operated - but saying so was actually an invitation for you to consider either citing facts (as opposed to emotions/feelings/wishes) in support of your position or reevaluating it. You declined the invitation.
I triple double dirty dog dare you to show one example of anybody actually engaging in name-calling or insulting you.
In closing I want you to know that I personally like and try to encourage enthusiasm and eagerness and earnestness such as yours. I also try to make sure that those traits do not end up feeding ammunition to the antis - and as much as you will most likely claim it was never your intention to do that, you did.
I invite you to figure out a way of achieving change in NJ's gun laws that might actually have even the proverbial snowball's chance of being effective. As little as it might be, it still is some chance, as opposed to your previous effort.
stay safe.
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