What Federal Gun Control laws have been rolled back recently? Did I miss something?
Keep in mind, that your idea has some serious flaws. For starters, if the Government succeeds in making semi-automatic ("assault") rifles illegal to own, there will be one heck of a lot of those rifles destroyed. There will, of course, be people killed trying to defend their God-given rights, and trying to infringe upon them.
No amount of electoral pandering will fix that. The legislature, at any level, won't bring the dead back to life, restore the firearms to their owners (likely destroyed en masse), or fix lives.
All I see here is another slick attempt to convince people to take another step down the road to totalitarianism.
"It's Okay, you can always turn around, you can go back", is not a puersuasive argument for me at this point.
You see, my grandfather taught me to shoot a rifle when I was a young man. In that area, now, he would have been violating a host of laaws for handing me a rifle, a cartridge, and shooting on the beach where we went to shoot, even though we endangered no one. He was very careful and would not have allowed me to shoot had there been anyone within a mile or visible in that direction (in a boat on the water).
My uncle had bought a rifle that same year, he put the money order in the envelope with the order form, addressed it, and put the 4 cent stamo on it, and a few weeks later, here was his rifle, delivered by the United States' Post Office.
Now, that is the freedom I recall.
When we get that back, you can tell me how easy it is to put the right back.
One bad SCOTUS ruling, a fast frenzy by the anti-gunners, and some well televised blood in the streets, and you will not recognize this country.
You can't repeal the consequences, and if history is any guide, the reaction to the law will be used as the justification for more.
There is no good done at the State level which cannot be undone by people who would not know freedom from dog poop at the Federal level.
"Stroke of the pen, law of the land...kinda cool" may have been the remark of a Democrat, but I can see where Republicans would buy into that (especially lately when the idea of a set stance on issues and a party platform is being tossed out at every turn).As for anti-gun Congressmen, there should be no such thing, except in personal emotion. To vote that way is a violation of their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. Which is why, frankly, none of the Republican front 4, and especially not the Democrats, have any credibility with me as candidates whatsoever.
I have seen this sort of medicine show skunk oil sales nonsense before. As they say in these parts, this ain't my first rodeo.
I'm not buying.
What Federal Gun Control laws have been rolled back recently? Did I miss something?
As you stated, the recent assault weapons it was allowed to die.
Keep in mind, that your idea has some serious flaws. For starters, if the Government succeeds in making semi-automatic ("assault") rifles illegal to own, there will be one heck of a lot of those rifles destroyed. There will, of course, be people killed trying to defend their God-given rights, and trying to infringe upon them. No amount of electoral pandering will fix that. The legislature, at any level, won't bring the dead back to life, restore the firearms to their owners (likely destroyed en masse), or fix lives. All I see here is another slick attempt to convince people to take another step down the road to totalitarianism. "It's Okay, you can always turn around, you can go back", is not a puersuasive argument for me at this point. You see, my grandfather taught me to shoot a rifle when I was a young man. In that area, now, he would have been violating a host of laaws for handing me a rifle, a cartridge, and shooting on the beach where we went to shoot, even though we endangered no one. He was very careful and would not have allowed me to shoot had there been anyone within a mile or visible in that direction (in a boat on the water). My uncle had bought a rifle that same year, he put the money order in the envelope with the order form, addressed it, and put the 4 cent stamo on it, and a few weeks later, here was his rifle, delivered by the United States' Post Office. Now, that is the freedom I recall. When we get that back, you can tell me how easy it is to put the right back. One bad SCOTUS ruling, a fast frenzy by the anti-gunners, and some well televised blood in the streets, and you will not recognize this country. You can't repeal the consequences, and if history is any guide, the reaction to the law will be used as the justification for more. There is no good done at the State level which cannot be undone by people who would not know freedom from dog poop at the Federal level. "Stroke of the pen, law of the land...kinda cool" may have been the remark of a Democrat, but I can see where Republicans would buy into that (especially lately when the idea of a set stance on issues and a party platform is being tossed out at every turn).As for anti-gun Congressmen, there should be no such thing, except in personal emotion. To vote that way is a violation of their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. Which is why, frankly, none of the Republican front 4, and especially not the Democrats, have any credibility with me as candidates whatsoever. I have seen this sort of medicine show skunk oil sales nonsense before. As they say in these parts, this ain't my first rodeo. I'm not buying.
Well, that was alot of doom and gloom!
The pro-gun forces in this nation have the anti-gunners terrifed!
No Democrat would overtly attack guns today and expect to survive an election in the South and West.
The right to own weapons is being discussed as a personal right for the first time in decades.
But for some reason Conservatives have this penchant for predicting the imminent end of the freedom, so lets just forget our responsibilities to vote.
One thing that conservatives could learn from liberals is their eternal optimism and determination.
No matter how often they are defeated, they keep coming because they have faith in their cause.
Would that conservatives had that same kind of faith in theirs, instead of 'I am going to hunker down with my rifle and ammo and wait for the United States to collapse'.