Quote Originally Posted by hatidua View Post
I cannot figure why there is so much animosity by those that claim to be 2A supporters for another method of launching lead at a target.
Because humans are strange creatures whose egos sometimes manifest perverse, self-defeating motivations. There are some, having gone through the NFA/SBR process, that seem to develop some sense of ownership in the whole thing. A "If I had to do it, everyone else has to do it" logic. It would almost be comical if it wasn't so sad. To see legions of so called 2A supporters religiously supporting, with their money and compliance, a system designed to eventually strip them of their rights is disheartening. And then to see the venom spewed by them towards other 2A supporters, who look for a different way, is simply unreal. We will fall because of this. Our side is hopelessly divided by infighting over stupid things. Their side is unified with one single goal. And they have the Federal Govt on their side. We do not.

Personally I don't care about the brace itself. As a tool it has limited usefulness, I'd rather have a proper tool, but I did appreciate the symbolism - a spark of legal rebellion against an unconstitutional system. What really should have everyone worried is the ATF's attempt to temporarily reclassify things based on how you use them. That is a vile blueprint for criminal prosecutions of otherwise law abiding gun owners. Use two hands to fire a pistol, you better have a stamp for an intended AOW because a pistol is designed to be fired with one hand only. Like to fire your rifle with the stock folded, or from the hip, better have a stamp for the intended misuse because that's not how a rifle is defined. Pull the trigger too fast (by some ATF bureaucrat's arbitrary reasoning) and you obviously intended to build an illegal machine gun regardless of the legal definition of one. It's coming.

This is not about if braces can be shouldered. It's much more that that. It will set a precedent of use-based firearm classification (regardless of legal classification) if there is no resistance. And there will be none - not from the NRA, not the GOA, not from any of us. Hell it seems a good percentage of us gleefully support this precedent because it protects their 'investment' in the system. And at some point in the future, when the conditions are right, this precedent will be expanded to strip us of even more of our 2A rights. It's the latest play towards the final endgame.

And to those who believe the Govt/ATF would leave us alone if we just silently complied with the current rules and quit pushing the limits - wake up. They will keep chipping away and tightening the regulatory noose whether we happily comply or not. Compliance just makes their job easier. I'm sure there were jews who thought they be left alone so long as they silently complied with the Nazis, even as they were being marched to the gas chambers. And no I am not comparing this to The Holocaust. I am simply illustrating that Tyranny is not stemmed with silent compliance. It always ends badly for the compliant.