If all firearms were banned I would not turn mine in. I will leave it at that.
The major problem as I see is that we are not, in fact, moving forward but rather we are in a holding pattern. The AWB, NICS, GCA '68 and all their brethren should never have been enacted to begin with. Neither should bans on the carrying of arms at the state level. For awhile we were in negative territory. Now we're almost back to square one. I can see how some would consider that to be progress. I, however, do not view it as such. The only thing that I consider to be a true bright spot on the horizon is the steady march of constitutional carry. We are now on the verge of having three states where a person can carry arms on their person concealed without first requesting government permisson and paying a fee. To me that is very important. I have a feeling that in the next five to ten years that number will increase to five or six states. For all the talk about "shall issue" and castle doctrine there are still tens of millions of Americans whose right to keep and bear arms is either significantly or wholly infringed. When the laws in California, Massachussetts, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Wisconsin and Illinois are repealed, struck down or otherwise negated then we will be in a position to start making real progress.
My major worry is about the fact that private citizens are being cut off from the current advances being made in technology. The day is rapidly approaching when man portable weapons utilizing microwaves, sonic waves or lasers will be a reality. They'll be cumbersome at first but nothing a fit person wouldn't be able to manhandle into position. As long as "in common use" is the standard we are in serious trouble. Once the military begins to transition to next generation weapons while we remain limited to firearms the Second Amendment becomes an antiquated anachronism and any hope of offering meaningful resistance to tyranny dies. Do I see this as an immediate problem? No. But within fifty years it will be our number one concern.
