Know guns, know peace, know safety. OR No guns, no peace, no safety. I know which one I'm with, do you? It seems dcb1888 doesn't yet.

As I said in the video, occasionally I write political satire.
If you do satire and you're not pissing *someone* off, then you're doing it wrong. ;)

Lol! Like turtle soup. ;-)

You did a wonderful job and yes, most of us are as passionate as you are. Some of the others, I'm not sure if they are on the right website. Stripping us of our right to defend ourselves is outrageous, to say the least. Those of us who aren't blinded by the left know the purpose. You stepped out and voiced your opinion and now you will be the target instead of the criminals that should be. Common Sense is so rare, except of course, our own Uncommon Sense !! What you said was exactly what needed to be said at this forum, and I knew their minds were already made up, as you did, but great 3 minutes and 20 seconds of standing your ground. Wishing you the best in WY, I've heard it is a beautiful state and now they will have a few more assets !!!

UncommonSense, you are right on target :) Thank You for Your Service, Again !!

Indeed...

dcb1888: I believe you said that you live in England, as such, you might not be as familiar with some of the regional issues in the US.
I would ask you watch the video again, and when you do, look beyond the subject of "guns", and consider that I am trying to plead reason to a group of government zealots who know that they will make instant criminals out of 500,000 of their constituents and not care... because those constituents are considered nothing more than unenlightened "soap box, pro-gun, chest puffing bluster"-ers.

500,000.
Overnight.
Comply, or go to jail.
In America.

Yes, that will get me a little passionate.

These bills are a done deal.
The hearing was totally pro forma, and everyone knew it.
My wife and I have our plans to move to WY already in place.
As we have lived in CT all our lives, we do winter and snow, so WY is good.

Thank you.

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I guess you're right. When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away...ok, now wait & hope the bad guys aren't looking for you, your wife, your daughter, son, "partner", etc...maybe they'll just go away peacefully & respect your space. Come on! Wake up! Stop being a fool for the left! There are other sites who welcome such ideology: huffington post, slate, move-on.org, just to name a few. This is not the place for you.

BING-GO!

Not I.

Yet....still completely humorless.

JML: I was purposefully being a bit obtuse in my identification of "The Ruling Class".
It was a tactful calling out 5/6ths of the very committee I was sitting before.

If you would like to know more about the terms "Ruling Class" and "Country Class" in the context I am using them, take some time to read the linked article to the piece by Codevilla. It is an excellent work, Codevilla is spot on in his assessment.

I did not expound on the issue at hand in the meeting because there had already been 18 straight hours of testimony on it, (I was one of the last to speak due to a really crappy lottery slot), and only 3 minutes were allowed per speaker.

However, the issue in a nutshell is that the Marxists in Connecticut, including the Legislature (Codevilla's "Ruling Class") have co-opted the horrific massacre at Newtown and are cynically using it as justification to push a ridiculous amount of bills on gun control, in a brute force attempt to see what they can slip past.
If all the bills were to pass, then *every* firearm except single shot, bolt action, hunting rifles would be outlawed and those rifles which were still allowed would have to be registered, permitted, and heavily regulated.

I know you probably didn't have any questions to begin with, but if you do have any which I haven't answered, I'd be happy to do so.