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I have a question. I really am not concerned about OC at all. My question concerns tactics.

I grew up in the Deep South. I saw the "colored" and "white" facilities and always wondered why it had to be so. I watched numerous "legal" attempts to assert the right of every American to be equal end in utter futility. It wasn't until the civil rights people brought out "in your face" tactics that the whole issue of the Constitutional rights of a whole class of people were brought to national attention. Now have all the wrongs been set right? No. Most have.

What is not so well known about that struggle is that many moderate civil rights leaders said the "in your face" tactics would scare the politicians into even harsher responses against blacks and would turn all white people into mobs. While some of that did happen, ultimately the Constitution won out.

Now I'm hearing the same kinds of comments - from both sides, as I heard back in the early 60's. I don't know how to say this any better. Given the current agendas of 2nd Ammendment "repression" in recent years, is there a rationale for "in your face" tactics?