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First, let me say that Sam is doing well and continues to improve. Thanks aain to everyone for your thoughts, words, and prayers.

Second, while I was speaking with my good friend Moriarty today on the phone, discussing the Heller case in front of SCOTUS, he mentioned a video I found through TamaraK. Moriarty was making the point that the tide may have shifted in regards to gun ownership. Katrina, Columbine, VATech and all these atrocities have shown many previous advocates of gun control that while we appreciate their desire for safety, the lie of safety by gun control will only provide us with further examples of innocents slaughtered on the altar of gun bigotry. I am of the opinion that SCOTUS will *probably* do the following; they will *probably* recognize an individual right. They will probably say that like all rights, the right to self defense has some reasonable restrictions, and they will outline some sort of "test" for what is a reasonable restriction. Just spitballing, but that's my take, and while it is not likely to be as sweeping an endorsement of the second ammendment as I think there ought to be, it will solidify some gains we made in recouping our loses. I think that From there, national reciprocity/concealed carry will not be much further off (and to think that ten years ago national concealed carry was a pipe dream!). Hopefully the Hughes ammendment will not be further off. If the above were to come to pass, I would consider our struggle more victorious than not.

Anyway, Moriarty had mentioned this video that I saw on the net. Let me preface it by saying that while I am not a Jew by some people's standards, my mother's side is. They snuck out of the peasant farms in a hay cart from around Minsk when the Bolsheviks took over. A single brave decision by some family elder whose name I never knew saved generations of my family from Pogrommi, Hitler's gas chambers when they overran Minsk in WWII, and the genocide of Stalin. My wife's family was less fortunate. Half of them supported the revolution, half opposed it. The opposition was exiled to the southern republics, the supporters were eventually killed for political expediency. Looking around the world today, we see Ahmadinnerjacket and others only too happy to pick up where Hitler left off, and start herding jews back into cattle cars destined for assembly-line slaughter. Well, I saw this video, and it reminded me of something I swore to myself years ago, below the video.

One promise. To myself, and to all who would wish otherwise.

I ain't goin' in no damned cattle car.

Respectfully Submitted,
-doc Russia