Gun Control & RKBA

People that don't own guns and don't plan on owning them generally don't get worked up on the issue.

People that do own guns and/or plan on buying guns DO get worked up on the issue. And given the history of the Dems the last 30 years on the issue, it's entirely reasonable to assume that, given a chance, Democrats will outlaw broad categories of guns.

California was the first state to outlaw "assault weapons", followed by New Jersey and Connecticut, then a Federal ban appeared for a decade. Other states enacted their own laws so if/when the Federal ban expired it would still be in effect in those states. Then states began expanding what an "assault weapon" was, and after Sandy Hook, the proposed New AWB was introduced and voted on Federally.

A lot of policy stuff is very cerebral and indirect. But gun owners know their guns: real physical items that they paid hard-earned cash for. And since two central points of the gun-control effort is banning "assault weapons" and magazine-capacity limits, you have the following thoughts going through gun-owners heads:

Why can't I have a pistol grip on my rifle or shotgun? Why does that get them so damn worked up? Why should I have to register my rifle with a pistol grip? Why can't I buy a rifle with a pistol grip any more? And now if I want to sell it, I have to sell it out of state? Why should I tolerate THEIR irrational fears?

And now I can't buy regular-capacity magazines anymore? And I have to register the ones I have? And I can't sell them to anybody in the state? WTF?

And, while economic theories might be hard to understand and counter-intuitive, the gun stuff isn't.



Far more lives are going to be lost due to the repeal of Obamacare than could possibly be saved by another AWB. And this fact bugs the SHIT out of me damn near every day since election day!!!