Eleventh Commandment

Everywhere you go on these internets, you'll find disagreements aplenty: pro-abortion vs anti-abortion; high taxes vs low taxes; freedom vs slavery. These types of disagreements are of the polarity kind, not of degree.

But within the gun community, there are often sentiments expressed that are essentially this: you have enough gun rights, because to have any more would be wrong.

I believe it's high time we start emulating Ronald Reagan and modify his Eleventh Commandment to read thus: Thou shalt not speak ill of someone exercising their 2A rights.

Whether that's concealed or open carry, handgun or long gun, full-auto or single shot, someone who owns firearms will disagree with whatever you're doing, and let you know in no uncertain terms that it's wrong.

Why is that?

Now, I can understand a good philosophical discussion on the blogosphere about OC vs CC; pros vs cons, that sort of thing. Long guns vs handguns; semi-auto vs revolver. But when the conversation devolves into "Open carriers are setting the movement back 100 years, and they fuck goats to boot", well, someone needs to find a Valium or a shot or 10 of tequila.

Remember the Eleventh Commandment.

Since I'm a 2A absolutist, I'll never say you don't have a right to own a particular firearm, or shouldn't carry in a certain way, or even that you shouldn't fuck goats*. That being said, if I think you're advocating to curtail mine or someone else's rights to do the same, then we have a problem. I subscribe to the Eleventh Commandment philosophy: Thou shalt not speak ill of someone exercising their 2A rights.

Now that in no way means that I won't criticize someone for abusing their 2A rights (or violating the 11th), but being an absolutist, anything that I would consider as abuse would probably roll over into the realm of criminal.

Remember the Eleventh Commandment!

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* as long as the goat is agreeable!