Have you noticed that in the United States, the gun debate is over and gun-rights advocates won?
Not if Kerry gets in!! Go to www.nra.org and check the latest media infomercials.
Don't be so sure. Sooner or later, there will be a definitive Sup Court case about the meaning of the Second Amendment.
If the Left/Kerry types get their way then it will be declared that it protects a collective right, and is therefore completely meaningless. With such a ruling, don't discount the ability of the Left and their allies in the Media/Hollywood/Academia to ram that message down the throats of Americans. Who knows, after several yrs people may accept the ruling as sound, despite its absurdity, then they may be willing to give up a right that the Court says they never really had anyway.
If the original intent is upheld, then it shall be said that it protects an individual right making bans like those that exist in D.C. and Chicago difficult to justify.
They haven't won -- not yet, anyway. We won't win until firearm rights are restored at a nationwide level (as per the Second Amendment) and state governments are completely removed from the equation.
How will you know we have won? When I can legally buy a firearm in New Jersey without jumping through hoops, carry it on my person legally (concealed carry), and drive across several state lines without breaking any laws. That's when.
No.
It isn't over until we say it's over!
The U.N. hasn't suddenly changed its collective mind, has it? Complete civilian disarmament is still a priority with them, and the stronger they get, the more stridently they will persue their agenda.
But, hey, since I don't actually see them on my front walk, why not continue to ignore them? It has been working so far.