On Apr 16, 2013, at 9:30 PM, michael perelman wrote: > This makes good sense. I see that the left & a Tea Party group are > protesting today on K Street. Much of the right would agree with us about > imperialism. Our concerns are different. They care about the wasteful > government spending. >
While listening to the discussion of 'gun legislation' today it occurred to me that the discussion of second amendment has moved significantly in recent popular discussion, what with the widely heard denial that publicly owned guns can overcome the power of the government. Seems like fifteen years ago that 'gun rights' were described as serving squirrel hunters and home/self-defense. If there is a change of social attitude, or wider willingness to admit to militia sentiment across the public, that seems like it should be an opportunity to build a 'bridge'. Another issue that's been on my mind - probably related to a recent MotherJones article re PTSD. Would the issue of a PTSD diagnosis (assuming that the VA admits that it exists) result in disqualifying the patient for gun ownership, or should it? Would that result discourage PTSD sufferers from pursuing treatment? Could the issue be framed as a 'bridge' between the left and right? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
