Posted on 12/26/2012 5:47:25 AM PST by Kaslin
Liberals have lost nothing. Ask any liberal and they’ll tell you. The Kenyan will rid us of the “evil of guns” via EO with a cooperative congress and senate so let’s just try and be real about this!
I don’t think they have lost the narrative at all.
I agree. They are exploiting the recent tragedy to the maximum.
Maybe in DC with a Republican House.... not around her in the deep blue states...NY which, believe it or not, is not bad when it comes to long guns, is ripe now for new regulations up to and including confiscation.
all politics is local.
Criminals/socialists/totalitarians panic when they loose the gun battle.
Judge the “public mood” expressed by these two opposing scenarios:
Scenario 1: The public believes the government is getting ready to confiscate firearms, so sales of firearms plummets. No one wants to buy something that is going to get confiscated anyway.
Scenario 2 (reality): The public believes the government is getting ready to confiscate firearms, and sales of firearms goes to astronomical highs. Why buy something that is going to be confiscated?
Unless, of course, the “public mood” is that of... to put it mildly... “resistance”.
The Left accomplished one thing: an all-time record sale of guns, particularly “assault weapons.” There is a waiting list a mile long at most gun dealers of sales that are pending because of a lack of supply.
The gun dealers of America thank you, you panty-wetting dim wits.
Let them try... quitter... and stay out of the way of Patriots defending Freedom!
LLS
Agree. And if they ever do lose the narrative, why they’ll just order up another mass killing or two.
Meant to say also:
It’s like keeping a woodstove hot and burning: Throw in another log as the last one turns to coals.
LLS
When NRA membership rises 8000 a day in a recession when money is tight, gun shows packed, sales soaring, elected officials take notice. Smartest thing NRA did was expand gun interest to women. More women are arming and owning guns. It is no longer men vs women, it is about security from criminals and madmen vs relying on cops to save you. In a tough economy, people are more fearful. It is ironic, the same factor, fear that drove people to vote for Obama is the same factor that will prevent gun control.
What really, really pains me about your comment is that it is utterly believable and probable .... and that I would even think this to be true is almost unbelievable, except it isn't. We are living in strange, evil and desperate times, becoming more so every day.
Most likely scenario is a reinstatement of the assault weapon ban, outlaw magazines > 10, and close the so-called “gun show” loophole. They will not confiscate guns at the national level.
Real? Since when did the 2A become a fantasy? I suppose the entire Bill of Rights is a fairy tale too.
Remember, liberals are cynical.
Goal No. 1: Use ‘assault weapons’ as a scare tactic/wedge issue in races where it helps them.
Goal No. 2: Real gun control.
Right now they are concentrating on No. 1...and laying the groundwork for the long game, for goal no. 2.
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