For right now, its relatively few people. And it’ll probably stay that way for awhile. The problem is that within the next 20 years or so, that trickle will become a torrent. And the strange thing is it won’t be because of abysmal US policies so much as other countries that will be looking to increase their populations.
There is a birth dearth going on in most of the western world. At a certain point, a lot of those countries are going to need to import people to keep their economies afloat. So. Let’s say that you’re country X. Your population is aging. Your birth rate is in the toilet. Your choices are to import unskilled adherents of the religion of peace, commit demographic suicide, or import well educated Americans and Canadians. Maybe some of those Full Quiver families who think having 20 kids is really cool.
What would you do? Bring in people from the US? Offer them a tax deal and a gun permit? Or do you bring in the hordes from goatherdistan? Or disappear because your population is dying of old age? Its a pretty simple choice. And as economies outside the US start doing better, you can expect to see a lot more countries competing for the citizens they want.
VERY interesting speculation RKBA.
I suspect that if any country relaxed their gun laws you just might see just that, I know that would be a huge hurtle for me. I mean can you name any other more Gun-Friendly Country than the U.S.A.? (no Switzerland doesn't count) I mean walk into Cabela's Buy one and waltz back out, no bother, no waiting.
Like Buying a Snow Blower.
Also Families who have lots of Kids are going to stand out. And if the US goes the way of Red China One Child Policy (the Uber Liberals just salivate at that idea) than you know there WILL be an exodus of Quiverfull Families.