Americans put up with it because it’s creeping nature is largely unintrusive to one’s personal affairs. However, attempts at disarmament are where patriots draw the line. Americans will stand up to such a government, and they will prevail.

Their modification of language isn’t new or surprising. Remember “Saturday night specials”, “cop killer bullets”, “sporting” and “high capacity”? All terms used by the leftists to fractionalize firearms owners from each other over the years.

As the descendant of a Minuteman and Revolutionary War veteran I’m comfortable with the term “weapon of war”, as it again frames the 2A in a context that has nothing to do with hunting, nothing to do with “sporting”, and everything to do with freedom – an area the leftists want nothing to do with.

Want to rename a “regular” “civilian” semi-automatics AR15 to be a “weapon of war” in your own personal jihad against our rights, Congressman, Senator or other elected or appointed government official?

You took an Oath to “support and defend the Constitution” – as did I – without picking and choosing which parts you would and would not support or defend. To us that Oath wasn’t a campaign promise, mere words said to somebody along the way to your place in the Capitol. To us that Oath is a sacred bond, one that extends beyond our term of service and binds us to our brothers in arms from the 1700′s until the end of time.

Don’t go against your Oath, and stop infringing our Rights – even “just a little”, and don’t try to enact legislation reminiscent of Gage’s disarmament order circa April 1775.

Then guess what?

That regular, semi-automatic AR15 you decided to call a “weapon of war”?

It won’t be.

Those who want to destroy liberty have to decide for themselves if that destruction is worth dying for.

All they have to do is leave us alone… Their choice.