He had a good response.
I respect his views and positions. But to offer bits of rebuttal...
Those that take financial support from any entity are subject to that entities' regulation.
It makes no difference who or what entity. They all come with strings, and sooner or later, those strings can and will be pulled.
In lots of cases, the tunnel vision syndrome occurs. You start out in a very big tunnel... Lots of room in it. Lots of things encompassed. Then, the further you travel down that tunnel, the smaller in diameter it becomes.
Example: "We support the 2nd Amendment".... Then further down the tunnel, they take bump stocks. But that's OK. Hunters don't use bump stocks. Then a bit further down the tunnel, they ban high capacity mags. But we don't really use hi-caps, so it isn't affecting us. Then further down the tunnel, it narrows yet again, and bans semi-auto firearms. How many "real" hunters use those? Not many, and we really look down on those that do. So it's acceptable. A bit further down that tunnel, it gets narrower to the point that ammo is restricted to 100 rounds a year... (You see now how narrow the tunnel is getting) But you can't back out now....
You don't want to know what you have left when you are squirted out the small opening at the end. But, if you are at least a bit curious as to what awaits, then look at Europe... Because that's where we are headed. One chip at a time. One inch at a time. The tunnel is ever narrowing.
