The True Believers

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SPECIAL ALERT - FRIDAY QUICK QUIP<br />
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The True Believers <br />
This is the second of three installments discussing who the gun controllers are, and how gun owners should deal with them. Last week, we discussed "low information types" - those individuals who can't be bothered developing their own opinions so they adopt whatever position is spoon-fed to them by the media. This week, we'll discuss the second category of gun controllers - the "true believers." <br />
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The "true believer" category consists of individuals who have an unwavering belief that the Second Amendment must be obliterated and that civilians must be disarmed. What makes true believers troublesome is that they are committed to that end, and are near-obsessive about attaining it. On the plus side, the true believers usually don't have the stomach for a fight with us. So, rather than confront us directly, they rely on the subjects of next week's installment - political hacks - to do their dirty work for them.<br />
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For the sake of this discussion, the category of "true believers" may be further broken down into three subcategories: pacifists; victims of violence; and political haters. Each of these subcategories attracts a particular type of person and each plays a distinct role in the gun controllers' campaign to take your guns away.<br />
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Because of religious or philosophical convictions, pacifists do not believe that individuals should commit acts of violence against others - including self defense. Pacifists believe that it's better to suffer violence than to inflict it. Of course, pacifists are naturally anti-gun because they view firearms as tools of violence.<br />
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Standing alone, pacifists don't pose a major threat to the right to keep and bear arms as their message of "turning the other cheek" is too bland for the general public to consume. However, pacifists play a significant role behind the scenes where they provide support to the activities of more aggressive components of the gun control movement.<br />
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Arguing gun rights with a pacifist is a waste of time. Even if they do engage you, they will not waver from their rejection of all forms of violence. Pacifists cannot be won over.<br />
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The second subcategory of gun control's true believers can be described generally as victims of violence. This subcategory encompasses a wide range of persons to include families of murder victims as well as first hand survivors of violence. Whereas the vast majority of victims of violence do their best to recover and get on with their lives, there is a minority who allow their grief to turn into seething bitterness. Rather than make a positive contribution to prevent future violence, they embark on divisive, hate-filled campaigns against lawful firearm owners.<br />
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These victims of violence are ideal advocates for the abolishment of private firearm ownership. On the surface, they are vulnerable and weepy-eyed. But, below the surface, they are boiling over with hatred for people who own guns. That deep hatred fuels their drive to do whatever it takes to punish lawful gun owners.<br />
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These victims of violence are all about payback, and the payback they seek won't be meted out to the criminals by whom they were victimized. No, the objects of their ire are the tens of millions of hunters, sportsmen and target shooters who responsibly exercise their right to keep and bear arms. These victims of violence claim that their campaign for domestic disarmament has the best interests of the public at heart. Chances are, these people couldn't care less if others suffer the same fate as theirs. In fact, additional acts of violence only serve to justify their calls for the abolishment of private firearm ownership.<br />
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These people love the limelight. That is why they reside in the top positions in the Illinois gun control movement. That is why they take every opportunity to get in front of the cameras, tell their stories, and then mercilessly bash law-abiding firearm owners.<br />
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The most effective way to deal with these people is to meet them head-on. When they have a public meeting, the audience needs to be flooded with firearm owners. When they have a media event, the media needs to see more gun guys than anti-gunners. We need to confront them at every turn and vigorously defend the constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.<br />
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Like pacifists, debating these people is pointless. They have dedicated their lives to destroying the 2nd Amendment. They cannot be reasoned with. They cannot be educated. <br />
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The third subcategory of true believers consists of the political haters - so called "progressives" who are obsessed with eliminating from society all traces of social conservatism. The political haters view firearm ownership as being the most cohesive component of the socially conservative bloc. Thus, they feel that by attacking the right to keep and bear arms, they will weaken the conservative movement. These people target low-information types with their anti-gun message.<br />
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The political haters are dispersed throughout society. They are your children's teachers, the clergy; entertainers and, of course, politicians. Again, these are not people who may be reasoned with. They are driven to crush their political opponents. <br />
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The best way to deal with the political haters is to deny them a platform to spew their hatred of the Constitution. Their lies and distortions about firearm ownership must be cut off before they may influence low-information types.<br />
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In a nutshell, the true believers hate firearms and the people who own them. They provide plenty of fodder for next week's Quick Quip subjects - political hacks - to do the dirty work of banning firearms. These people can be trusted to do only one thing. That is, they will work tirelessly to take your guns away from you. Do not waste your time trying to reason with them. Save your energy for efforts to suppress them.<br />
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NEXT WEEK: Political Hacks.<br />

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