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Originally Posted by funkychinaman
Gun control is a bit of a dead issue now. I would've expected a lot of talk following the VT and Ft. Hood shootings, like after Columbine, but not much. The Democrats and the press have wised up. The most you hear about it now is from Mexican politicians on how you can walk into a Walmart and buy a .50 cal machine gun and grenades and how it's America's fault that drug gangs are out of control.
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That's exactly my point...on the Federal level, gun control has pretty much ceased to be a hot button issue. In the last decade, we've seen the death of the Assault Weapons Ban, a favorable ruling in D.C. vs. Heller, and quite a few major shootings that failed to revitalize the gun control debate in any significant way. After all of this, it would seem intuitive that the threat from the gun controllers has receded for the foreseeable future.
I'm sure we'll experience setbacks, especially at the State level, but personally, I'd be surprised if another AWB-type law (meaning, a Federal law that actually tries to
ban any weapons/ammo/mags, which is what everybody still seems to fear) gets passed in my lifetime. And yes, I realize that this is a pretty bold statement considering my age.