Soccer Mom: Unplugged

Okay,  I've been running trying to keep up with so many conversations here and elsewhere that I've lost my place!  EB,  we were talking about gun control and you didn't like Romney's position but are willing to vote McCain.  Obviously, the Romney question is now irrelevant but I wanted to point this out:  (copied from AnnCoulter.com)

MCCAIN ATTACKS GUN OWNERS! -

McCain "sponsored the McCain/Lieberman gun show bill, which would have given the federal government the administrative power to prohibit all gun shows, and to register everyone who attends a gun show."

-- Dave Kopel: 2d Amt Project

ALSO:

Supported anti-gun Schumer amendment: Sen McCain voted for an amendment offered by the anti-gun Sen. Charles Schumer of New York that would have restricted the legitimate transfer of firearms over the internet. (Source: Congressional Record 5/14/99, p. S5327.)

Voted to expand The Brady Law: McCain voted to extend the restrictions of the Brady bill to pawn shops and gun repair shops.(Source: Congressional Record 5/20/99, p.S5642.)

Supported Clinton Gun Control: John McCain voted AGAINST efforts to kill the Clinton gun control package, which contained al kinds of new gun restrictions, including a ban on many kinds of private gun sales. (Source: Congressional Record 7/28/99, P. S9451.)

-- Gunowners of America

I think this issue was a draw for the GOP candidates - and like most Americans, I think gun control is responsible.  We may differ on the particulars of the regulation but very few would argue against any gun control.  Further, if you think owning an AK47 offers protection from the government, you are deluding yourself.  One man "defending" himself against the government is not a "militia", he is an outlaw.  And he doesn't need an AK47, he needs a lawyer.  Militias, since you introduced that term, were organized by the state governments.  Either the 2nd amt. is about state militias or individuals, you can't have it both ways.

Futher, the Branch Davidians amassed a large volume of automatic weapons and it didn't help them.  If you're planning on taking on the fed with a few assault rifles, you might as well just get a bottle of cyanide and go gently.  (I wish that were funny instead of just sad... but it is what it is.)