But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. – Andrew Jackson

My Take – This one has become a cliche, but it’s still relevant.  Our freedoms are not taken in one fell swoop.  Rather, they are slowly eroded over decades.  LawDog’s Parable of the Cake holds true not just for gun rights, but for all of them. Free speech, rights to counsel and a day in court, rights to security of our persons and property, and a lot of others have been under open assault for a very long time.  We won’t see open usurpation of the republic overnight, but it will happen after a long slow slide into either anarchy or tyranny.  The question is this:  Where are we on that curve, at the top of the slide, the bottom, or somewhere in between?