As an Oregon resident, this issue impacts me directly. Like everyone in Oregon, I am dependent on my neighbors being secure for my own security, a sort of herd immunity that vaccinates us all against crime.

Not only petty criminals and thugs are kept at bay by an armed populace, but far worse thugs and predators. Admiral Yamamoto said 'I would never want to invade America, because there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.' Only being competent to secure our persons and property prevents them being taken by predators.

Now, it seems the Democrats are seeking to render us vulnerable to such predators in the last gasp of power they wield before the elections this fall remove them from power as a result of the criminal corruption endemic in the DNC is reflected in the vote.

I wonder when the courts will step in and rule on the constitutionality of gun-grabbing laws effected by lame duck legislatures and executive administrations? Hopefully the courts will put a stop to this.

I do not rely on hope, however. We are free because we prevent predators from enslaving us, not because corrupt government prevents it. That will always be the case, because there is no substitute for actual freedom, nor personal responsibility.

Thanks!