Give an inch, and you never get it back.
They’ll just stand one inch closer to their real goal.
What is so hard to grasp about that?
It is impossible to pass a gun control law that does not “infringe” against the 2nd Amendment. Every current gun control law in effect now “infringes” upon the 2nd Amendment.
The founding fathers were so wise and followed the divine guidance that God poured upon them as they pondered carefully over each and every word in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
This is why they chose the word arms instead of using musket or another contemporaneous name for a particular firearm. Somehow they knew that the musket would someday no longer be the firearm of choice. Their choice of words allowed for the future changes that perhaps they knew were forthcoming.
Yes, Joe Biden, you could buy a cannon then, and you can buy a weapon of war today.
Why doesn’t every person that is for gun control place a sign in their front yard or on their front door announcing that their premise is a GUN FREE ZONE so the criminals will choose their homes and leave the rest of us alone.
“Give an inch, and you never get it back. What is so hard to grasp about that?”
What Toomey and the four other GOP Senators (Burr, Portman, Shelby, Blunt) retiring this year understand is the rewards (consulting gigs, corporate board seats, speaking fees, lobbying assignments, and academic appointments) they can look forward to if they behave properly over the next few months. They no longer have to answer to the voters so now’s the time they use their last votes to feather their nests in retirement. Likely there are a few more Republicans planning to retire in 2024 and 2026, but not yet announced, who may be tempted to cash in on the gun bill. Of course Romney, Graham, Collins, and Murkowski can always be counted on to be “bipartisan” on certain bills. We may see 10 or more GOP Senators vote for gun control.