Not Woolsey. “You know Clayton, I’m not sure that there’s even any point in our having this conversation. If I had my way, private ownership of guns would be completely illegal.”

But right now, the politics of the gun issue don’t work for passing more gun control laws, because too many Democrats are in districts where they can’t afford to vote for it. Such was the case in 1994 too, so that’s not a guarantee.

What we’ve done is greatly raised the cost, politically, of gun control. It’s still possible, but it would require the Democrats sacrificing the rest of their agenda. I don’t think they are willing to do that currently. But in 4 years if the Republicans can’t make any headway? Who knows.

Could I ask you Sebastian? Do you think Obama will turn on you guys like some of us had hoped? Or, is the grassroots movement you keep talking about too much to combat?

This should be an eye-opener of what many of these 2006 mid-term Democrats from Republican districts think about their constituents. What happened to the days of a representative actually representing the interests of their districts? I agree about them finding out which side their toast is buttered on, but it goes far beyond that. This is an act, and one that will turn on us if they survive 2010.

Does Rep. McCarthy know something we don’t? Are we to understand she’s fighting against some gun-rights bill even as we type?

No mention of the brady’s by name, no? Shows how much there known.

Maybe, just maybe, the representatives (hired hands) making that statement have finally figured out which side of their toast has the butter on it.

Occasionally, we get the idea that our faxes, letters, and e-mails fall on deaf ears or, are short-stopped by staff and are never seen by our hired hands in Washington.

The quoted statement tells me that our hired hands are fearful of losing their cushy jobs if they don’t pay at least some attention to their employers’ concerns.

We’ve made some progress toward reestablishing the 2nd Amendment’s proper meaning. Heller was a single battle in an ongoing war. We still have many battles to fight. We must not be ashamed to be a nuisance in the eyes of the people we hire and send to Washington. After all, they are our employees, not our rulers. Make them justify their jobs. And, constantly remind them, If they can’t or won’t perform their jobs to our satisfaction, they can be replaced.