There is a lot of BS going around. There is NO way a bill like this is a good thing for us. I don't believe in centralism, that's for starters. A bill like this would be tough to get through the House and impossible to get through the Senate - as worded.
To pass such a bill, a lot of compromises would have to be reached. Either the CCP standards would have to be agreed on (see made stricter) or we'd have to trade something as big as a new AWB...they ban guns, and only trade licensed-freedom aka "priveledge"
This national CCP junk comes from pro-gun people in states who cannot get their own decent legislation, and want to get around their barbaric states by going the Fed route. At the expense of ruining decades of hard work for people of other states. Make no mistake about it. However you word this legislation to keep the Feds out, ONCE you make it national issue-- it will eventually be taken over as a federal issue. Then we are all screwed. Don't drag us into your misery. Want CCP? Move.
Anyhow, we are in no position to push forward Federally, we are still behind in the war. People act as though we've accomplished so much. Don't get so cocky.
NEWS FLASH ***
The AWB is only gone because of the sunset provision. Had it been permanent law, it would take a full vote in both House and Senate to repeal it, plus a signature from Bush who would then be put to the test to hold his campaign promise. It was far easier fending off a renewal, than achieving a repeal. So far, our record on repeals is ZERO. The Senate voted for the AWB, the House said no, and the president wouldn't have signed an AWB repeal. So, theoretically, if the AWB was permanent law with no sunset provision, putting a Republican House/Senate/President in power wasn't enough. We'd have to get a super-majority in the Senate, the same majority in the House, and a real pro-gun, anti-AWB president. HAHAHAHA. Yeah right.
The gun-industry protection bill is ok. Keeps the industry going which "trickles down" to keeping the sport alive, which in turn feeds the movement. However, it is no major win for gun rights. It was border-line cronyism for some of the old-school domestic firearm manufacturers who've sold us out in the past. They love protectionism - just look at the import bans. They don't like competing with cheap, yet good quality commie rifles. We also got another "ammunition study" which has been explained by the NRA and others as not being able to redefine armor piercing ammo in the law. But what it can do is report what ammo does to body armor, and as a study be used later by the Congress to actually change the law regarding the definition of AP. I guess it doesn't matter, with the BATFE legislating at will...
As you can see, we put in place a Republican President, a Republican House, and a Republican Senate...and all we got was an AWB expiration (no thanks to any of them but the House), and industry protection....Folks - it is never going to get better. Voting for the Dems will not help, it will make it worse. Adding more Republicans won't help either. If you make them too comfy in their seats, they begin to ignore you. National concealed carry is extremely hard to pull off, and even if we do, is going to be bad in the long run.
The fight should shift to the states. We've mostly lost the national culture war for guns, but it's not over. Because of this, our ideas for legislation are viewed as extreme. How do you get rid of that label? You actually get such a law passed somewhere, anywhere. Get your foot in the door. Once it becomes real law, people then give it more respect. It gains a new image. Also, it's effects or lack of effects can be seen.
State/local is the ticket. Federally, we just need to fend off new gun bans, but forget about actually becoming pro-gun. Sorry for being a pessimist, I am just reporting what I see.
