In response to threads here and here I did a little reading.
I shall just point out a piece of fact, which has nothing to do with my opinions on the below:
http://www.thespiritof76.com/...
The term "RKBA" existed before a group was formed here on Kos:
In a message I broadcast on the Internet in August of 1999, I proposed that we adopt the five characters "RKBA!" as that common signature of the gun rights community -- a unifying symbol like the clenched fist of the black power movement or the pink triangle of the gay liberation movement.
The four-letter acronym "RKBA" was already known to all of us; it of course stands for the Right (of the people) to Keep and Bear Arms, the phrase used in the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
The new idea was to add the exclamation point, so that "RKBA!" represents the entire main clause of the Second Amendment, with the further effect of emphasizing the predicate portion: "The Right of the people to Keep and Bear Arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED(!)."
No one here owns it. It pre-existed Daily Kos and any Kos-related group with the same name.
No one here owns the right to control how others choose to use it.
And to be clear, if anyone has any question, they reason the tags include "RKBA" is because this piece is about the term RKBA.
I hope everyone here is mature enough to respect this.
Mon Jun 27, 2011 at 3:26 AM PT: To those of you who keep adding tags to this piece in order to reflect your opinion on it, i quote from the FAQ:
First, and most importantly, you need to know that tag abuse is a bannable offense. If an administrator sees you've engaged in tag abuse, you will be formally warned. Repeat abuses can result in banning at any time without a follow-up warning. This diary should be taken as a warning in itself - now that we are unequivocally on the record about this, we will be more willing to take action against tag abusers the first time we see it. So do not express your dislike of a diary or diarist in tags. Reserve that for the comments. Tag abuse includes deletion of tags in order to replace them with "troll diary."
Tue Jun 28, 2011 at 3:15 AM PT: After a good discussion below, I've decided that while the RKBA tag is justified and appropriate, as a courtesy I've chosen to remove it myself.