FROM THE MESSAGE I WAS REPLYING TO: "I don't claim to have a good solution for that, but from living in California for years I also know that the path of compliance doesn't work well, they'll keep advancing their infringements till compliance is impossible."
MY REPLY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT7iMaNSlHg&lc=UgwgPGsLdzMZCFSSWb14AaABAg.9O-WsSv2Xe49OYjG3dTy43
My own approach is securing essential firepower over preserving preference. (All links below go to my own world-renounCed blog--I've been writing about this stuff for years.) 1. Stick to featureless rifle. An official "Militia Rifle": Necessarily it would be rather PC, but held en masse by the population, it would serve the Militia function of untrained civilians. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-daily-fudd-e19-my-original-fudd.html
2. Simple carry piece. A legitimate CCW carry piece: Ideally 9mm automatics would fit in there, but revolvers would be better than nothing. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-e27-revolver-as-iconic.html
Plus, don't forget the iconic element of the .45: https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-e55-45-iconicism-from.html 3. Decent mainstream home-defense gun, even if manual-action. A "modern blunderbuss": The 1688/89 English Bill of Rights provision for private arms was held to basically guarantee a peasant a blunderbuss to ward off burglars. The PCC and the home-defense shotgun are the modern descendants of that. Of course, I want to max out firepower, but courts and politics might be more considerate of a shotgun. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-e43-few-hours-late-more.html (also discussed things like the Henry Axe).
THIS would be a baseline that would satisfy civilian firepower functions: https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-daily-fudd-e78-baseline-region.html THIS, though, is a fun minimalist combo that would be iconic and functional: https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-e28-fudd-set-that-should.html No, it's not the full intent of 2A. But history also points to RKBA not being all that some make it out to be (please read with open mind): https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-daily-fudd-e-originalist-fudd-ish.html Thank you for the opportunity to lay out some ideas. 2A is about firepower and function, not mere preference and indulgence. Keep it simple.
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