At the Huffington Post, some candor and appreciation for the roots of gun rights in the USA. Note the photo the was embedded in the original HuffPo article - look familiar?

Meaningful Gun Control Will Never Happen in the U.S.  LINK

This past week, the Internet, our editorial pages, and our talk shows have been filled with calls for gun control. That happens every time there's a terrible massacre like the one we saw in South Carolina. The talk always fades.

I support gun control, but these efforts are doomed and always have been--and not just because of the power of the NRA. Guns are so enmeshed in American history, so much a part of our cultural DNA that there will never be truly meaningful gun control in the U.S. Advocates of gun control don't seem to understand that and don't seem to understand our founding national story.

Part of why we rebelled against the British was their attempt to take away our guns. In 1774, the British only had 2,000 troops in heavily-armed and seething Boston, and the British response was to take control of the powder house, which meant that Bostonians wouldn't be able to use their guns. The British also started searching for guns and ammunition without warrants. And to suppress a rebellion against their rule, the British began effectively embargoing exportation of guns and ammunition to the Colonies.



The very first battles at Lexington and Concord between Americans and the British took place because British troops were coming to seize an American arms cache. So guns are right there at the founding of our nation--they're there before we had a flag, a Declaration of Independence, a government, a national anthem, before we had anything that truly united us. Guns, and holding on to our guns.

If you don't understand that, you don't understand American history--and why repeated efforts at gun control have failed so miserably and will continue to fail no matter how much anguish we suffer. Citing gun control in other countries is pointless, because no other country has our unique history with guns and what they mean to us. Tragedies like the one in Charleston will keep happening, and so will the calls for change--but our history can't be unmade.

Lev Raphael is the author of 25 books in many genres.

Good read and it gets to the heart of the matter.

Darn right, but they will keep trying

They will keep trying to rewrite history as is their habit.

My first thought was exactly this: the progessive need (obsession?) to rewrite history to fit their needs.

A longer discussion on the history:

http://www.davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/american-revolution-against-british-gun-control.html

A good read and worth bookmarking for future use.

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

George Orwell

This isn't 1774...The ruling power does not have to bring troops & equipment across the sea.  The ruling power has more destructive power.
The ruling power also has lots of brainwashed minions.
It could happen & I truly think it WILL happen eventually. All it takes is $ & the right pawns placed to check mate
When it does, do you think you neighbor is going to fight? Think they are willing to die for it?
Yeah July 4th is here but how many truly know & understand the significance? Most i know see it as a day off & time to BBQ & shoot off fireworks....nothing more. The importance of the day has been washed out.

Today they can't beat you with lawfare, regulations, social media shame and the power of their minions to organize.