Red Flag laws are unconstitutional, and also a hill I would die on. I don't feel that's a valid negotiating point. Registries are in the same category, IMHO since they inevitably lead to confiscation.seph wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:30 pmBut not a balanced compromise. For expanded background checks and red flags, we would need NFA items deregulated too.Boxerrider wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:27 pmExactly.Chemist45 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:08 pm "Compromise"
In the immortal words of Andre the Giant: "You keep using that word. I don't think you know what it means."
In a compromise, each side gives up something in order to get something.
I know what Cornyn gave up: Red flag laws, extended background checks, more money to be wasted.
But what did our side get?
If your answer is that the anti-gun side took slightly less than what they originally wanted, that's not compromise it is capitulation.
If the bill also included nationwide carry reciprocity, then that would be a compromise.
Other things I'd be more open to. But only in exchange for meaningful advances like CCW reciprocity like we do for drivers and marriage licenses, eliminating the NFA list entirely, etc.