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I was born in the city but I was still taught never count your chickens before there're hatched.
The key part of gun control is control. I don't work from the point of view that government wants to give up control. They keep adding laws (taillight, cross walk, magazine capacity) but they never remove old laws from the books. I am prepared to be disappointed.
Another "balancing" perspective; frame of reference is a life in the military. It includes living, working, and playing on Federal installations where ALL firearms must be reported, (and kept in the arms room if a GI lives bachelor quarters (barracks)).
Another is growing up in CA (61-79) where citizens were (and are) brainwashed with excuses like the numbers of people require gun control.
I may be too pragmatic in my mid 50s, but I believe the challenges to our Individual Liberties (I/L) serves at least two positive outcomes:
1. Adversity makes us stronger; a weaker opponent does little towards being a better fighter..
2. Fighting for I/L creates a better sense of ownership. "Ownership" represents everything worth fighting for.
While I'm opposed to any and all incroachments to I/L , I too, look for the benefits of a good fight wherever I can find them.