Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

[David Horn]

(05-05-2018, 06:22 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(05-04-2018, 10:28 AM)David Horn Wrote: Regulation is just the alternative to deregulation.  Both impose costs and benefits.  Both empower some and disempower others.  Pretending to the contrary is diengenuous.  In this case, the majority benefits from regulation, since the majority are not gun owners.  Eventually, that disparity will take its toll.  The NRA and its supporters should keep that in mind.  When the pendulum swings, it tends to keep going for a long while.

Well, the threat to American gun ownership as a whole hasn't risen to the point of being viewed as a legitimate threat. As you say, pretending to the contrary is disingenuous. The blues and their anti-gun supporters and activist groups and all the lobbyists associated with them should keep that in mind. I mean, a clear and obvious threat to the 2nd Amendment and all of American gun ownership would have an affect on the pendulum. But, as we know, it would have to seriously attempted to prove which way the pendulum would swing and in who's favor.

Step 1: A less gun friendly court is seated when <insert name of conservative jurist> is replaced by one less gun friendly.  This is virtually guaranteed, since a conservative court remaining in perpetuity is not going to happen.

Step 2: A gun-restricting law is passed somewhere that rises to SCOTUS review, and Heller is overturned.  Heller was marginal at best, so this is highly likely.

Step 3: Repeat step 2 in other states and cities.

Step 4: Make it a national law.

 At that point, the gun controllers will be happy and, being the majority, will not be dislodged for a very long time if ever.