The Practicality of Gun Bans in America

[Walkalong]

After the election if Trump lost, we lose a progun justice through age, death or retirement. We get an antigun justice. A case comes in and the new majority says:

1. The militia clause means only the armed forces have such guns.
2. Reasonable restrictions are the law of the land and the states can enforce them.

Yep.

 

[FFGColorado]

There is one hiccup in your theory, and that's the phenomena of the single-issue voter. For many people here at THR, the 2nd Amendment is everything. Many of us (and I'm purposely generalizing here) will not vote for a candidate who isn't strong on the 2A front no matter how much we might align with said candidate's remaining platform. There are many people in America who feel the same way about some other issue. For example, try getting someone who is "pro-choice" to vote for a pro-gun candidate who is not pro-choice. Not going to happen.

This is the problem with the left/right paradigm. The parties have aligned themselves with certain voting blocs that are intended to be mutually exclusive. The pro choice voter can't possibly vote for a pro gun candidate, even though the two issues aren't really connected.

AND, the largest voting block BY FAR, is the un-aligned, un-affiliated middle...who ARE multi issue voters almost by definition. AND, this VERY LARGE voting block put important issues on a scale, what's boiler plate and what can they 'give' on...BUT calling some of these people names or pigeon holing them, while yelling at them..will CERTAINLY sway them in another direction, regardless of the 'issue' being discussed.

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

If it's not blatantly obvious how the majority of the population has tucked tail and followed orders in the last couple of months you've had your head in the sand.

What this has to do with the OPs discussion is that there needn't be a "practical" reason for a gun ban is the US. It only needs to be perpetuated as essential or an order and the masses will file right in line.


And that is the problem, the willingness not the reason.

 

[DoubleMag]

FYI to one and all

OP hasn't been back since 30 seconds after his 1st and only post

 

[GEM]

Staff has discussed this and decided that the discussion itself is of interest and has some worth. This happens, an OP doesn't like the way the conversation evolves and wanders away. Life is difficut.

 

[danez71]

Perhaps he just flew by to drop a relevant article and his name in case you want to read other things he's authored.

 

[buck460XVR]

Staff has discussed this and decided that the discussion itself is of interest and has some worth. This happens, an OP doesn't like the way the conversation evolves and wanders away. Life is difficut.

I think the main intent of the OP was to get us to read his manifesto. This thread itself has developed into a much better read.

 

[GEM]

Truth

 

[GEM]

Dear Readers: we let this run because for awhile we had useful and thoughtful posts. Unfortunately, several posts have show a deterioration of content. Thus, I regretfully deleted them and am closing this.