I have to second Hillbilly's response to this gloomy prediction. I don't think people will just stop caring about the 2nd Amendment. It's just too ingrained into our society.
Being optimistic feels good.
But it doesn't take
all the people to stop caring. Just a majority. And
that percentage--the percentage that doesn't care--is growing just as rapidly as is the shift of the Republic toward democracy. Its growth is being encouraged by Big Media every step of the way. Gradually, the sheep are filing into the corral. Even many "conservatives" now have little or no concern for the RKBA.
When that number of sheep that don't care reaches a majority, and democracy completely replaces the Republic, the legislators will have no trouble passing laws to do away with the right to keep and bear arms. And the optimists will say, "I don't get it...we were doing so well...we were making headway in
concealed carry!"
Concealed carry doesn't matter half as much as securing the right to keep and bear
real weapons. You know--the ones that are actually effective in combat against oppressive governments. While you're busy celebrating the anthill of concealed carry and the saving of the molehill called "assault weapons," and saying our situation is improving somehow, the enemy is gathering momentum toward destroying the entire mountain of rights.
They are currently mustering strength for another wave. They
will resume the attack. Our victories have been mere small battles, while the trend in the war belongs to them. Our victories have been insignificant--their victories STICK. Ask anyone how likely an NFA repeal is. Or a GCA repeal. Or a FOPA repeal.
WHAT THEY WANT, THEY WILL GET EVENTUALLY. They
will pass the ban again
and worse. They will do it
because they can, and because they now know that no one will stop them. Most people won't even complain.
The "center" of politics is now
to the left. Look at what a "moderate" Republican stands for. Behold how few true conservatives remain, and even out of those few, how fewer still favor the sort of liberty the Founding Fathers wanted for everyone. Can you think of anyone other than Ron Paul anywhere in national government who has that level of dedication to liberty? I can't.
And look at our situation now compared to 30 years ago one more time. Are firearms more generally accepted now than they were then? Not by a long, long shot.
People used to be able to buy them almost anywhere. People used to be able to mail them. Dealers were more numerous. Licensing was less enforced, and the regulations less strict. "Domestic violence" prohibitions were inconceivable, as were "restraining order" prohibitions. Ammunition restrictions were unheard of. Machine guns could be obtained for reasonable prices, and parts imported easily. Explosives weren't considered "evil." People still preferred favoring the individual over the government until it was
proved that the individual couldn't be trusted.
The left wing has created the stigma for weaponry of all kinds, and they are making it stick in the minds of the sheep. So keep hoping "doomsday" will never arrive. Frankly, I pray you're right. But I know history, and I know government. And thus, I know you're wrong.
