More anti gun legislation happened under BushII than Obama.Well, while I don't disagree with what you are saying, I must observe that most of the more onerous antigun laws being proposed, or those already enacted, have been proposed/enacted by the left. Sorry. I must conclude that either left-wing gun owners are clueless about the threats to their gun ownership, or they clearly have other supposedly higher priorities.
Neither option really endear them to me ..... but then, I'm a rather ornery critter when politics is considered.
The implications of this are both good and bad. Good, in that the more gun owners, the greater the clout of the pro-2nd Amendment forces. Bad, in that the motivations for the increased gun buying bode ill for the stability of the country as a whole. People are not buying guns to go hunting or to take part in recreational shooting. They're doing it out of fear -- and not fear of petty crime, but of social unrest. (Plus fear that their guns might be taken away.) This cuts right across the entire political spectrum.
Yes we know that, but the "progressive left" (different animal than a liberal) that they left vote for don't care look at all the gun control they want to enact, the guy that said "Bingo!", the "hell yes we are coming for them!", the new senators from Georgia, all the politicians from California, the ridiculous bill Sheila Jackson introduced, and so on they all have D in their name that votes yes to it
All the more reason to not disenfranchise Dem gun owners but instead try to get them onboard to pressure their Reps and Senators!!
Doesn't the seller(as in LGS) have some responsibility to at least give some basic instruction to a buyer? I mean, if the car sales guy saw that the buyer didn't know how to drive a stick shift..wouldn't they say or do something? I think not many new gun buyers just look at the thing sitting on the counter and say, "yup, I'll take it"..maybe I'm wrong.
Well, guys in general don't like to ask for driving directions. So the same may be for buying guns. I would think and hope if someone asked for help, the shop would be willing to go over the basics.
Perhaps but being in the bicycle biz for a long time, it was pretty obvious in initial conversations who had a handle of the 'stuff' being asked about and who didn't. I'd like to think a good LGS counter guy could politely ask or provide some basic information if it appeared the potential customer 'needed' it. Yup, some customers will get pissy but I think that's worth risking. "Any questions I can answer about this gun?", type thing..making the person feel comfy enough to ask. ...Maybe I'm being optimistic...
No it doesn't first off you have the certain amount who will say "I got my Glock now so whatever and I still don't see why anyone needs a AR-15" and you have the politicians who now have control in most key positions who don't care how many guns are being panic bought they will still push the gun control through. Biden and team will set their sights on it sooner or later, they are just too busy with COVID and opening the border for now.
