Dillogic wrote:
What if things have changed (in a way, I don't think the position now is better than back with the original AWB)? What if the majority of people support such?
This time, I just think they have the emotions* on their side. People who speak of not giving up their child killing assault death machines are put in the "extreme" side of the argument, when in reality these people are in the moderate in regards to rational discourse, yet only those who own such may see themselves as this
*Gun owners who think no one "needs" this or that
Gun owners questioning themselves and their likes due to something they didn't do
and that's from people who like shooting; the other side often want to ban everything, with the more "moderates" on that side also agreeing with the "needs" of this or that
Hopefully I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like I am.
The thing about emotional reactions is that they're fleeting, and once people settle down we can wear them down with the facts, which are that mass shootings are incredibly rare, "assault weapons" are seldom used in crime, and that we're in the middle of an unprecedented drop in violence that has occurred at the same time as record gun sales and a nationwide liberalizing of gun laws. Things look grim now, as an out of the closet Aspie gunsmith I probably know this better than anyone, but I'm cautiously optimistic about the long game here. If there's one thing politicians in this country know, it's that gun owners and advocates
never forget or forgive, while gun controllers are both fewer in number and less committed to their cause; hence no one touching this subject in years. I know that I for one will *never* vote Democrat again under *any* circumstance if they succeed in pushing any restrictions through, and I'm considered fairly moderate on this issue.
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