Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Questions the left won't discuss about gun control, but should - and soon. [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)something from 1934, something from 1968, the Brady handgun violence act - passed by Democrats and opposed by the NRA - which was pathetically weak, and the ASB, passed by Clinton - which wasn't renewed and was incredibly weak.
That's what you've got?
And yet you want more, if you're going to be willing to do something about the epidemic of gun violence?
This is why no one thinks gun owners are living in reality or serious about ending gun violence... trying to hold America hostage unless they get what they want...
It's just sad.
As for changes in the nature of America, all you have to do is look around you:
national gay marriage, national support for reforming the CJS, national support for legalising marijuana... these are all things brought on by the collapse of the rich white male stranglehold on America.
The same will happen with gun control... and the intransigence of pro-gun activists will force the population to choose between all or nothing. And in another 10 years, when yet another 100,000 Americans are killed with guns, the choice will be made for the pro-gun folks, and they'll regret their monolithic approach when they end up with nothing.
Speaking of nothing - nothing stays the same forever, guns will go away in America; it's not if, but when. Normal folks - non-gun-activists - have NO SAY in this situation as it stands - we're at the mercy of gun activists, but that can't stay the same forever, and won't.