[Chainmail]

This is the narrative that the Obama people are pushing - "good" gun owners shoot skeet and hunt for squirrels and the "bad" gun owners own scary assault killing battle rifles. It's divide and conquer as they see it: get the gun owning community to see that the offering up of AR-15s and hundreds of other weapons allows them to keep their cherished .30-30s.

Completely avoided in this discussion is that if the AR-15s are sacrificed, the .30-30s will follow soon after. It's all about disarming the hoi polloi to allow the elites free run. George Soros needs to change America and we need to be nice and compliant to make it happen.

Is it a democracy anymore when citizens can't be trusted with semiautos but the government troops are armed to the teeth?

[driftdiver]

I think the key message is he is admitting they underestimated the response to this push and they are having to recalibrate their attack.

[elcid1970]

Second Amendment defenders do have to contend with the Fudds among us, though I believe many of the latter are realizing that the current battle affects them, too.

That scoped bolt action deer rifle? “Medium range sniper weapon, ban it.”

Your .357 revolver? “For police use only, turn it in.”

My 870 pump shotgun? “Too easily combatized & should be used by police only.”

Your .22 revolver? “Favored by criminals & muggers, turn it in.”

That .177 air rifle? “Hazardous to children, can’t have it.”

Antique flintlock musket? “Black powder is an explosive used to bomb government buildings. Should be illegal.”

The list is endless..............

[Erik Latranyi]

Is it a democracy anymore when citizens can't be trusted with semiautos but the government troops are armed to the teeth?

What do they trust citizens with?!

You cannot choose the size of beverage you want, you cannot choose the car you want, you cannot choose the health insurance policy you want.

But they do trust you to abort your children.......after all, those are peasant children.