Gun Control & RKBA

of actually engaging in real negotiation or compromise. You want and expect "draconian confiscation of guns," and believe we'll somehow soon reach a point where it will be politically acceptable (and presumably constitutional, because currently it would be patently illegal). We've heard this refrain from the gun control movement for decades, and by now it's more an article of faith than anything demonstrated by fact.

You are free, of course, to wait as long as you choose, but the trend lines are not in your favor, despite what you may hope. In fact, while support for gun rights increase, many millions of more firearms enter circulation, and laws become less restrictive, our violent crime rates, including gun crime, have been cut nearly in half in just a few decades. Your "endless flood" is rapidly receding...





http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/oct/02/mass-shootings-have-no-impact-on-support-for-gun-rights-in-the-us

http://www.gallup.com/poll/179213/six-americans-say-guns-homes-safer.aspx

http://www.gallup.com/poll/179045/less-half-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws.aspx

http://www.people-press.org/2014/12/10/growing-public-support-for-gun-rights/