Mike,
I gather then, from your response that you don't see 2A rights being imperiled? If that is the case, then are you suggesting that we really don't have too much to worry about in the future?
IMO we are
always at risk, although I'd say we're better off now than we have been in years, with the exception of Obama. Ironically though I think we've responded pretty well to him- by scaring the shit out of him by buying a shitload of guns and ammo.
A lot of these people buying guns are also NEW gun owners. More armed americans = a good thing. Further, I don't think congress has the balls right now to touch gun control, but that all could change if some seats are lost to pure moonbats, but we're "safe" legislatively at least for a little while.
The only time I ever think we could truly "rest" is if this starts happening...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFVjg79_iM
(replace the fred phelps supporters with brady bunch types)
We're a long way from that, unfortunately. We need to keep pouring on the napalm.
My point really wasn't about that, but rather that the antis are going to have a harder time capitalizing on tragedy like they used to, especially if the
incident in question doesn't have certain kinds of media shock value attached to it. A generic criminal/predator killing one or two "massage therapists" doesn't exactly make a "cause celebre" for them.
I'm not suggesting it won't/cannot happen, but the antis mariachi band pummeling on the gun banning drum beat is now starting to get lost in
the noise, as it were. Something significant/extraordinary is going to have to happen before they will be able to get the same mileage they used to out of these kinds of things. A lot of people are not buying into their crap anymore, especially folks in gun-friendly states.
An interesting perspective and certainly one not promulgated by the NRA. In reading their reports, literature etc., they appear to present a different view that's not as rosy.
The NRA is always going to say the sky is falling, and I can't say that I blame them for it. They need to resort to anything and everything to
bring attention to the issues.
What do you think about changes in the make-up in the Supreme Court and how this will impact on gun owners?
Mark056
There are no "functional " changes in SCOTUS. Sotomayor will replace a hard-core anti, so the balance isn't really any different than it was in the recent past.
There was some concern for awhile with Roberts because of his seizures, but I haven't heard anything more recently. If he had to leave for some
reason, that would be a gigantic problem for us.
-Mike