Never give up! Never surrender! Fine words from a fine movie, but also a lesson of recent weeks, months, and years, and something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while.

I’ve often used the example of gun rights progress as proof that determined work can overcome the resistance of basically the entire establishment. But this tweet summarizes it well:

And also this reply:

This is absolutely right. What it took was determination, persistence, and a combination of intellectual capital and grassroots politics.