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<blockquote data-quote="HackerF15E" data-source="post: 2220590" data-attributes="member: 9689"><p>The trend line over time quite obviously shows that firearms acquisition, ownership, and use has become more restricted in the US. I would expect that trend to continue, even if not in the next 10 years or 20 years.</p><p></p><p>I agree that the spread of concealed carry over the last decade -- and the lack of "wild west shootouts" that were wildly predicted by the gun control folks -- is a good sign for the future of RKBA. Offsetting the public schools' "zero tolerance" idiocy toward firearms is the fact that a whole generation of kids who grew up playing FPS video games are extending their interests into real shooting; those folks are part of the future of RKBA, too, so long as they're also educating themselves about the politics while they're fake zombie-popping at the range.</p><p></p><p>But, again, this just shows that RKBA is a long game and not just a short one.</p><p></p><p>I'll quote from that 1990 article I linked previously:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This same paragraph could have been written today, with the very same statistics and rhetoric used. My bet is that we'll see the same fecal matter in 2025 and beyond as well.</p><p></p><p>Notice the same shotgun-pattern reasoning being used, too. While Brady calls it a "cooling off" period, implying that it is the gun buyer who is a hothead and needs time to "cool off" before he goes and does something rash with the gun he bought, he follows it up by saying that the waiting period is so police can do a thorough background check. Which is it, Brady? They don't even know...it is about both reasons, and it is about neither one, really, but they're just afraid to say it. So they instead make nebulous arguments that tangle the issues...just like today.</p><p></p><p>Keep up the fight and dig in for the long haul to protect our rights. Lord knows nobody else seems to be looking out for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HackerF15E, post: 2220590, member: 9689"] The trend line over time quite obviously shows that firearms acquisition, ownership, and use has become more restricted in the US. I would expect that trend to continue, even if not in the next 10 years or 20 years. I agree that the spread of concealed carry over the last decade -- and the lack of "wild west shootouts" that were wildly predicted by the gun control folks -- is a good sign for the future of RKBA. Offsetting the public schools' "zero tolerance" idiocy toward firearms is the fact that a whole generation of kids who grew up playing FPS video games are extending their interests into real shooting; those folks are part of the future of RKBA, too, so long as they're also educating themselves about the politics while they're fake zombie-popping at the range. But, again, this just shows that RKBA is a long game and not just a short one. I'll quote from that 1990 article I linked previously: This same paragraph could have been written today, with the very same statistics and rhetoric used. My bet is that we'll see the same fecal matter in 2025 and beyond as well. Notice the same shotgun-pattern reasoning being used, too. While Brady calls it a "cooling off" period, implying that it is the gun buyer who is a hothead and needs time to "cool off" before he goes and does something rash with the gun he bought, he follows it up by saying that the waiting period is so police can do a thorough background check. Which is it, Brady? They don't even know...it is about both reasons, and it is about neither one, really, but they're just afraid to say it. So they instead make nebulous arguments that tangle the issues...just like today. Keep up the fight and dig in for the long haul to protect our rights. Lord knows nobody else seems to be looking out for them. [/QUOTE]
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