- At the time of our nation's founding, {guns/slavery} are an unremarkable feature of society.
- After a time, some of the states choose to ban or heavily restrict {guns/slavery} while others don't. This is unremarkable and held to be a purely local matter.
- In the states where {guns/slavery} are banned, an abolitionist sentiment arises, avowing that {guns/slavery} are an evil, a bane of society that ought to be banned everywhere and certainly restricted in every way possible. Those who own {guns/slavery} disagree with this to say the least.
- The federal government gets involved. It asserts an authority to place restrictions on {guns/slavery} in every area that falls under the federal purview. {guns/slavery} owners get outright alarmed, wondering just where this process will end. They organize politically to fight.
- A United States Supreme Court ruling upholds the right to own and travel with {guns/slavery}. The pro-{guns/slavery} side welcomes this; the abolitionists decry the decision as flawed, partisan, and effectively overturning their right to regulate or ban {guns/slavery} in their home states. The cries of the banners get ever more shrill.
- ?????
Given how much I think firearms are good (and slavery was evil), I hate how well this analogy fits.