Gun Rights Gettysburg

Michael Bane has a short post up in the wake of the landmark Heller case. Basically, quoting someone who says that the GOP and Conservatives are now screwed for 2008 because we can't make the 2nd Amendment a major issue.

I left a lengthy comment that I thought deserved its own post. The text of the comment is below.
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WE have to MAKE it an issue. We have won a victory in a huge battle. This is our Gettysburg. A turning point in an epic war for the very foundation of this country.

ANYONE who thinks we just won the war, is jumping the gun (pun only slightly intended). The enemy still has their resolve. If they can't take away our actual guns, they will try to flank us. Measures have already been introduced in some states to basically regulate us out of options.

Bullet microstamping, so called "smart" guns, licensing with loads of fees (in Illinois we are required to have Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) Cards with a $10 fee for 10 years), registrations with fees. All done with the idea of making it so expensive to shoot our firearms, that they are basically rendered as clubs.

These are the issues we need to be talking about through this election year and making sure we don't elect those that would use the back door methods to take away our guns.