elChupacabra!
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I think in essense, there are far more important things than gun control right now. And, probably for quite some time to come.
However...
Should the current economic situation worsen and lengthen, then all those people standing close to the line between law and lawlessness will straddle it or cross it.
I think you do a great job of explaining why, given all the issues facing our country at the moment, gun control IS a big issue - if things get bad enough, we may just find ourselves needing to REALLY rely on guns for defense of our lives, our families and our homes.
The weapon of choice will probably be a pistol. Or one of those nice plastic stocked semi auto type rifles. People will get hurt and killed, and more people will cry out for control.
As for this, I have to say, this is perposterous - in 2006, BEFORE massive layoffs, inflation and economic crisis in general set in, 3 times as many people died every year from being beaten to death with bare hands and feet than were killed by rifles of all kinds... what makes you think that, when times get really rough, "plastic stocked semi auto type rifles" will be in any more demand than they are now?
To the contrary, if things really do get that bad, I fully intend to have a plastic stocked semi auto type rifle close by my bed at all times.
Gun control IS the issue. Economic crises just point to the NEED for guns.