nwilliams
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Are all these panic buyers crazy, do you think there will be a new AWB ban put into place this year?
Personally I think if it could have been somehow put to a vote before Xmas it might well have passed. With each succeeding week I think the chances lessen as resistance stiffens and the initial public outrage is distracted by other issues.
hso said:None of us have any idea if an AWB, or something worse, will be signed into law because nothing has been submitted to be sent to committee and come out of committee for a floor vote in either the House or Senate.
Making a decision that all is lost or that victory is assured is the surest way to loose this fight.
None of us have any idea if an AWB, or something worse, will be signed into law
I recently sat down with some folks--all gun owners, all hunters, mostly republican, overwhelmingly they agreed that there was no need for 30 rounds. I was utterly shocked but then I remembered Bill Ruger's comments years ago.
According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, there are now 51,000 retail gun stores in the USA. Sounds like a lot? It is. Compare that to: 14,000 McDonald's restaurants and 13,000 Starbucks stores nationwide. This means that there are almost twice as many gun stores than there are McDonald's and Starbucks COMBINED ...
Now the debate on gun control is back on the table once again. But don't get fooled by this: no politician, not even the President of the United States, will be able to harm the gun industry in any meaningful way. Doing so would not only be political suicide for any American politician seeking reelection in a country where 53% of all households own a gun but it would also be inconceivable from an economic standpoint because a thriving gun industry creates a huge number of jobs and millions of Americans depend on it in some form or another. In times of economic uncertainty when employment remains the major priority of the government, taking on the gun industry will not be the type of policy that would appeal to Washington.