The problem with our ever-retreating gun liberties lies as much with shenanigans and confusion on the Right, as with the chicanery on the Left. The latter are, who they have always been. At their core they dislike America as it was founded, and bolstered by all manner of either exaggerated or completely fabricated shibboleths, they seek to remake it.

The Right, on the other hand, suffers generally from being split into two camps, each with their own sub-camps.

On the “Center” Right:

(A) Globalist RINO’s who see gun liberties as an impediment to the broader expansion of gov't in our lives (McCain/Romney/Graham). This group should be publicly vilified and voted out of office, as they bear little difference to Statist Leftists like Hillery Clinton.

(B) Well-intentioned, but grossly mistaken people, who value the optics of being “reasonable” more than our core liberty. Many in this group can and will eventually be corrected as to the truth of our national situation -- and the Left's true intentions -- and there remain some great people still on this side who we need working toward Liberty’s end.

On the “Liberty” Right:

(A) "Mostly" philosophically correct, but socially unpalatable and misguided people, who choose “antics” over “intellectual argument,” thereby clowning their own side. Like the idiots who took over Malheur NWR. Even acknowledging the Govt’s hot-handed approach in dealing with them, they did more to make gun owners look kooky than they do to help, even if their "passions" were in the right place. And there are some very bad apples on this side who probably aren’t the responsible gun owners we should be looking to promote the idea of in the public mind.

(B) Steady, fact and argument based individuals who understand that setting the tone and establishing “who we really are and what we’re really about” is the path toward WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS. Not settling for the short-lived and cheap satisfaction of hinting at civil war around the corner, which only scares the sleepwalkers. That would be a heart-breaking event…not something we should be rooting for.

This is where we want people to be. Calm in the face of vitriol, but steadfast in our reasoned, articulate resolve. Armed with facts and logic in the face of the Left’s mindless emotional bluster.

If group B on the Center-Right joins group B on the Liberty-Right, and we can hold the two A groups at bay...we prevail.

Nudge