Well, lose the I served my country stuff - You aren't the only one you know - I did TOO. In the military, and in civil service...for 20 years of my life. And yes, I paid taxes the whole time.

And not all liberals support gun control - it is almost funny how people immediately thought I was anti-gun control. I'm not. But that was totally beside the point of my post.

My point - I suspect grossly misunderstood - was that all political sides HAVE to engage - as soon as any one side advances an issue. It is going to happen - we cannot stop it.

IE - Right now there's some pushing for gun control. Those of us against that, HAVE to push back, and we have to do it NOW. Even if the timing is bad.

There are many sides to a political agenda- at least 2. Trying to keep freedom - from gun control, forced mental health screenings, forced medication of people not judged a danger to self or others - THAT is as much a politcal agenda as those that would seek to curtail rights that we all enjoy right now.

Which is why I think they have to happen. What would you have people do? All just shut up? Or just the people you don't agree with?

RE: Why the Shootings Mean That We Must Support My Politics