Tricky, tricky, tricky times...

If those on the Right continue to stockpile armaments, reshape the social and political landscape, and engage in rhetoric that would make Hitler blush, those on the Left, in their endeavor to seek humanistic resolutions, will be exposed and vulnerable. These are tricky times when pluralists like me are starting to wonder how to protect what we believe in when reason, discourse, and compromise are no longer viable ways to solve our deeply divisive cultural dilemmas. Heck, at 51 years old I'm still tough and my wife and daughter, both black belts, are even tougher, but against a Glock G19, Sig Sauer P938, Springfield XD-S, Ruger Lightweight Compact Pistol, and/or Smith & Wesson M&P Shield (America's favorite guns), our minds and fists are wimpier than vanilla pudding in a warm bowl. In the light of my ancestors, I worry about passivity as much as I worry about fighting fire with fire.

Again, these are tricky times... and I don't want to wake up in a year or so saying, "Well, I saw that coming." My genes, your genes, have been there before.