Dan was heard muttering to Paul Nixon 
 about Alert 
 PN> Okay, they compromised, and another brick in our wall came down.
 Perhaps "compromise" is less than precise.  More correctly I would have
 characterized it as less defeat than total...
 DA> The public will accept incremental gun control because each step in
 DA> the  process is perceived as being "reasonable". Sweeping gun control, 
 Agreed...
 DA> however, will cause the electorate to revolt and toss the gun grabbers
 DA> out. I know this is Monday morning quarterbacking, but it may be true 
 DA> that engineering compromises does more long term damage than a direct 
 DA> confrontation would have.
 I don't know if, given the tenor of the times, the populace _would_
 throw the gun grabbers out.  The gun grabbers are only pandering to
 what they perceive the majority of the voting public to want.
 And I would suggest that you are 110% correct: each "compromise" has
 resulted in a further erosion of our rights.  But we can't, imo, lay
 that at the feet of anybody but ourselves.
 Bullshit.  No more compromises.
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          all the women in one family at a lower rate than
          if he bought `em one at a time."
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