[backhoe]

I share your thoughts and feelings- I've been in the RKBA fight since circa 1968- when I was a teenager, and suddenly realized that these characters in the "we hate all arms" movement were dead-serious and dedicated.

Unfortunely, our side repeatedly makes the same mistake over & over- we think that once an issue ( like the AWB ) is settled, it's over.

The other side suffers no such handicap- they always fall back, regroup, and push again toward their goal. This is why you are seeing a sudden flurry of activity at state level.

I will tell you honestly that there have been times I've thrown up my hands in dispair and walked away from the fight, because there are so many gun users who simply don't "get it." I still run into people who shoot, hunt, what have you, who refuse to resist because their particular firearm is not targeted ( yet! ) by the antis. It is very frustrating.

[Long Cut]

Looks like the graboids ARE targeting their hunting rifles. Use this to illustrate it to them.

[templar]

Unfortunely, our side repeatedly makes the same mistake ovei>r & over- we think that once an issue ( like the AWB ) is settled, it's over.

Or the even bigger mistake in believing all we can hope for is to prevent (or slow down, or mitigate) new restrictions. We never try to roll back and repeal laws restricting guns because we don't believe we can. And that believe becomes a truth since we don't try to do what we don't believe we can do. We argue for our limitations and they are ours.