After the past 3 years I'm not so sure. I suspect we've lost a couple of decades at least.
The Statists of the right and the left use race against the right to keep and bear arms.
The goal of removal of 2nd Amendment rights is served by different methods. The RINO’s meet the libs in the middle, that “little people” or “the poor (code word: black or poor white or whatever) should not legally have firearms. The Statists cannot allow this and they manipulate in this way.
Had an interesting discussion once with a black liberal who was against all firearm ownership. Told him that conservatives believe black people should have 2nd Amendment rights too, just like freedom of speech. The look of amazement on his face was priceless. Then I said- obama wants us ALL on the government plantation, controlled, protected, and totally servile. Total confusion on his face, and maybe he went and read the Constitution. Herman Cain was all over this topic— so he HAD to be eliminated- but he will not be silent.
I think obama is about the State- a mindless, colorless (but not really, look at Holder on voting rights, and selective prosecution) monolith of totalitarianism. We must defeat these people or there will be no last great hope for freedom.