"A SPACE FOR REAL CONVERSATION"

The Leftist opponents of the 2nd Amendment have slowly started to crawl away from the term "gun control" and have chosen to adopt terms like "gun safety" and "gun responsibility" instead.  As is always the case, Leftists can't begin a new assault on our liberties without first undergoing yet another burst of Orwellian word subversion.  Talking about "gun safety" is just a nice way of portraying what they are really doing: relentlessly exploiting the tragic murders of 20 children in order to push a political agenda that they were eagerly pushing before Sandy Hook.  This is not a response to what happened so much as it is a golden opportunity for further exploitation.  

It's sad to say, but in their undersized hearts they wait in anticipation of the next tragedy in hopes that it will finally be "the one" that helps them achieve their goals.  Marxists have always relied on the sensitivities of "useful idiots."  But they also rely heavily on "useful victims."  Note my emphasis on the word "useful."  This is because not all victims are seen by the Left as "useful."  Victims who do not serve their purposes; who do not help them advance their political and ideological agenda, are callously ignored.  Hence the grotesque and shameful lack of emphathy for the victims of live-birth butcher Kermit Gosnell.

Veteran stands up for 2nd Amendment at Chicago anti-gun forum

After enduring hours of derision and mockery by the panelists at a Chicago-area guns "forum" Sunday, one man in the audience stood up and addressed the crowd, identified himself as a veteran, and proceeded to give a straightforward but passionate defense of his support for the First and Second Amendments.

The forum, despite having been marketed by the organizers from the New Trier Democrats as a "space for real conversation," had until then allowed for anything but discussion.

Countless snide remarks and dubious facts were placed on powerpoint slides as the audience, largely filled with NRA supporters, were repeatedly “shushed” and told to write any questions down for a later Q&A.

Still, as time went on, and especially after speaker Bill Jenkins placed a photograph of Nazi paraphernalia on the screen with the caption, "this is what a gun show looks like," and after he had put a picture of a chihuahua with the words "this is what I think the NRA really is" up, the crowd had nearly had it.

Finally, when panelist Lee Goodman of the Stop Concealed Carry Coalition responded to a question about the original reasons for including the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights by saying "it didn’t matter [what their intentions were]," it was enough for the combat veteran to speak up.

And here is further footage from the event.  



Note the smug condescension from the panelists. In addition to insinuating that 2nd Amendment advocates are "racist" and comparing them to Nazis and chihuahuas, the big lie was repeated: That concern over their activities constitutes "hysteria."  They're not after anybody's guns, right?   

Wrong.  But in true Leftist fashion they are content to advance their goals incrementally.  They know they can't get the guns today but they have every intention of laying the track - picture in your mind how a railway is created, track after track, mile after mile - for achieving their goal in the future. That's why they must never be underestimated and never, ever, trusted.