So how bad is it going to get?
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Axxe55
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I hope you're right, I really do. But when the refused to hear any of the cases alleging election fraud, I have become doubtful of their intentions now.
Maybe there is a bigger picture than the one I see, and hope that things work out for the best, but again I'm doubtful.
That’s why I miss getting a new phone book on my doorstep every year.
I know Biden has talked a lot about wanting to go after guns hard but I'm not sure how much political capital he wants to spend on it immediately.
I think banning 80% receivers (Ghost Guns dontchaknow) and requiring universal background checks will be two of the easiest to swallow for moderates on both sides so I think those have a good chance of moving forward.
Beyond that, it's hard to really say. There will be a lot of non-gun oriented things that the DNC will be looking to do in the next two years. Tax code changes, additional COVID relief, focusing on vaccine distributions, climate change related legislation and the like.
If/when the next mass shooting comes along, then we will see a reinvigorated push toward additional gun control.
I do expect on the executive side we will see additional import bans and an increased focus on enforcement by the ATF and other Federal agencies.
The tech companies further shutting down pro-gun channels/sites/commerce are my biggest immediate concerns.
I have no hope for the Republicans to do anything meaningful in the interim. Jan 6th effectively neutered the ability for them to generate an opposition. They are going to tuck their tail between their legs like they always do.
Maybe we will finally get some legal wins. I think that's about the only hope we have and that doesn't look so great.
I think banning 80% receivers (Ghost Guns dontchaknow) and requiring universal background checks will be two of the easiest to swallow for moderates on both sides so I think those have a good chance of moving forward.
Beyond that, it's hard to really say. There will be a lot of non-gun oriented things that the DNC will be looking to do in the next two years. Tax code changes, additional COVID relief, focusing on vaccine distributions, climate change related legislation and the like.
If/when the next mass shooting comes along, then we will see a reinvigorated push toward additional gun control.
I do expect on the executive side we will see additional import bans and an increased focus on enforcement by the ATF and other Federal agencies.
The tech companies further shutting down pro-gun channels/sites/commerce are my biggest immediate concerns.
I have no hope for the Republicans to do anything meaningful in the interim. Jan 6th effectively neutered the ability for them to generate an opposition. They are going to tuck their tail between their legs like they always do.
Maybe we will finally get some legal wins. I think that's about the only hope we have and that doesn't look so great.
This is where I think the grand compromise could be made. D’s get UBC and serialized/FFL transfer of 80% recievers/frames in return for GCA, FOPA, NFA going away and subject instead to the UBC at point of purchase. Probably won’t be able to get away from registry of current NFA items, but speed the goddämn process up if you, in the words of Clayton Williams, want me to lean back and enjoy getting raped.
The Democrats will see this.
Do this:
"D’s get UBC and serialized/FFL transfer of 80% recievers/frames
And say "You're welcome for compromising."
In our country's current form, I don't expect we will ever see any significant advancement for gun owners to come from the legislature.
I would watch Virginia, the governor stopped short of sending a modern equivalent of Black Dave into the Shenandoah Valley against all the sheriff's and shelved the idea. He might bring this back up with JOHO&Co now in charge and decide to send some sort of ersatz UNSSU out into the country to enforce his laws, if so I would say things are going to get bad.
I subscribe to the Ron White theory of making lemonade: when life gives you lemons, find the guy who’s life is giving him vodak.
Read all of the comments so far in this thread.
If history has shown anything, it's that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Dems will agitate into a lot of in-house fighting between themselves - they can't help it..
This is about power - it just comes down to who has it, who wants and what are they willing to do to keep it, get it and how ruthless do they have to be. Cooperation is not in their mind-set.
We've seen plenty of examples of liberals/socialists/fascists fighting each other to see who's the "wokest-of-the-woke". Oh, they'll play nice to start with; but the first time there's even a slight disagreement, the knives (figuratively speaking) will come out. Then you'll see them at their worst.
The amount of blood-letting may well be historical. My hope is they implode with an atomic vengeance on each other. Once they're occupied with that Armageddon, maybe we escape with not much damage to our civil rights.
This battle and blood scenario worsens considerably if Harris manages to force Biden into early retirement. Can you imagine how Pelosi and Harris will rip each other's guts to be the head honcho in charge?
A man can still dream, can't he?
Then again, we could all be in the Matrix generating voltage for our alien or mechanical overlords.
Other than that; first post to TGT. Glad to be here.
If history has shown anything, it's that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Dems will agitate into a lot of in-house fighting between themselves - they can't help it..
This is about power - it just comes down to who has it, who wants and what are they willing to do to keep it, get it and how ruthless do they have to be. Cooperation is not in their mind-set.
We've seen plenty of examples of liberals/socialists/fascists fighting each other to see who's the "wokest-of-the-woke". Oh, they'll play nice to start with; but the first time there's even a slight disagreement, the knives (figuratively speaking) will come out. Then you'll see them at their worst.
The amount of blood-letting may well be historical. My hope is they implode with an atomic vengeance on each other. Once they're occupied with that Armageddon, maybe we escape with not much damage to our civil rights.
This battle and blood scenario worsens considerably if Harris manages to force Biden into early retirement. Can you imagine how Pelosi and Harris will rip each other's guts to be the head honcho in charge?
A man can still dream, can't he?
Then again, we could all be in the Matrix generating voltage for our alien or mechanical overlords.
Other than that; first post to TGT. Glad to be here.
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