This is a great post. Well done 5.56 x 45mm. You're a real intelligent guy!

mmarsh, you are correct in saying this is a states vs. federal issue. but no one in the south(ok, very very few in the south) want to be entirely independent of the union. most southerners are very patriotic.

the "modern" "liberal" idea that guns are bad is more european than american. guns are not bad or good, the people who use them are. i live in a place that has very high precentage of people who go to combat units and serve their time with pride, and fight for their country. in tel-aviv there are alot of people who dodge service or spend their service doing nothing in REMF status. those people also think that guns are "bad" and "violent". I personally cant stand talking to these people. People who are affraid of guns and try to impose their fears on everyone else. I can see the same in american left wingers who are trying to force the 2nd amandment out. and I can see why people like 5.56 who know more about guns and gun saftey than those bleeding-hearts ever will are pissed off. The so called liberals speak of coltural right but they want to delete houndreds of years of firearm colture in the rural areas of the USA. if people in states that have a real 2nd amandment dont stand up and leave the field to liberals they wil end up like parts of europe and like what Israel is fast becomming- places where only the criminals have guns, and the private law obiding citizen is left to the mercy of these criminals.