There are numerous facets to the gun debate. They’ve been enumerated and underscored countless times, especially here in our increasingly dystopian, Gunshine State. The NRA’s lobbying efforts, as we well know, exert inordinate leverage. They’ve intimidated politicians of both parties on a range of Second Amendment-shrouded, gun-rights issues–from assault weapons to stand your ground. And Tallahassee is targeted again for open carry next session.
What remains unconscionably disturbing and disillusioning, however, is the realization of who’s on the other side. It’s not just Quakers, PETA members and folks like me who haven’t handled a weapon since ROTC. The biggest, most important opposition group: the police.