Gun Control Supporters Launch Frenzied Campaign

Exactly. Thugs don't pay retail or legal market prices. They buy cheap from other thugs or steal it themselves
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Maybe, maybe not.

All I am saying is that I believe that the vast majority of gun sales are perfectly legal.
 
Apparently, this is what a "frenzied campaign" and a "blitz of action" looks like.

They couldn't muster up more than 30 or so people to protest the NRA Annual Meeting the same year as a major gun-control push.
 
Apparently, this is what a "frenzied campaign" and a "blitz of action" looks like.

They couldn't muster up more than 30 or so people to protest the NRA Annual Meeting the same year as a major gun-control push.
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very encouraging. Almost as good as the gun control legislation failing:D
 
They couldn't muster up more than 30 or so people to protest the NRA Annual Meeting the same year as a major gun-control push.
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Well, it was Texas. When I worked out there a few years ago Ben And Jerry's tried to hold a war protest outside a recruiting station in a shopping mall. In about a 10,000 square mile area one guy showed up. There were about a two dozen counter protestors and four mall security officers who escorted the protestor out of the mall for trespassing to the clapping crowd who then peaceably dispersed. Certain kinds of protests just don't go in Texas.
 
Well, it was Texas
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At the last big gun show up here in Northern VA, which isn't nearly as gun-friendly as the rest of the state and with Maryland and DC are just a few miles away, 10's of thousands of people came out to attend the event...and in spite of all the hoopla and media coverage in the days leading up to it, less than a dozen protesters.
I honestly believe they don't have the numbers they claim, the polls I seriously doubt are accurate and the midterm elections I believe is going to shock them. My gut is telling me there's going to be fallout for many who voted for the latest round of bills. Doesn't mean we should rest easy or not keep our guard up at all, but I just don't think they have the backing of the numbers they claim or the voters needed to keep some of the politicians in office.

Voting is the best form of protesting, it's the one politicians understand best.
 
Only time will tell, I sure hope the pro gun community still has the energy and will to actually send a very clear message come the mid term elections when they finally do come up. I just wish places like California would finally have the opportunity to get Feinstein out of office so we can all be relieved from having to hear her ranting on about her draconic gun laws and such.

Until then though, keep up the pressure folks, we've got at least another three years of hot water to tread through, and even more if we get another anti gun administration voted into office come 2016.
 
The Vice President continues to talk gun control on a regular basis. As long as people with his visability continue to call for action the issue isn't going to cool down at all.
 
Sadly, no it won't, which is why all of us need to remain vigilant and be sure to call out the BS that the anti gunners spew wherever and whenever it pops up, prefereably as loudly (and civilily/intelligently) as possible.

My biggest fear is that the pro-gun community will get laxed or will lose steam and we'll suddenly find ourselves making "compromises" just like in the past. Which I am vehemently against "Not one step back" is the stance I believe we should take.

No new gun control legislation, period end of story. There is no discussion on the matter, send our tax dollars to something that will actually benefit the nation, for example, solutions to hep with our staggeringly high national deficit.
 
One important point to note is that NICS must be reauthorized by Congress this year in order to continue operations. Clearly, that is going to be a good opportunity for future shenanigans.
 
With: 1) the IRS fiasco; 2) DOJ targeting the News Media fiasco; and the Benghazi coverup, the tide has turned (I believe in a big way) against any more legislation providing for government intrusion into private lives. This means anti-gun legislation is dead. For now. Until some other idiot does something stupid with a gun. The Antis have lost all traction, they just don't realize it yet.
 
Indeed - these scandals are actually getting some attention but they won't cause permanent damage (IMO). As was written over at Breitbart.Com, this will be a lovers quarrel with the media - not a divorce.

They are, though, ammunition for 2014 and that's good.
 
Just a hint, let us not wander directly into Bengazhi, IRS and AP.

I do think that the news cycle has spun away from gun control for the moment.
 
The poll isn't necessarily a lie (90% support for background checks), but the way the poll result is being framed is a lie and disingenuous.

The poll question was, "yes - no. Do you support expanded background checks for gun purchases." Of course, the answer was 90% because people actually do support background checks being used to prevent criminals from getting guns. Democrats will tell you that due to this poll result, it means that the people support their piece of legislation. No, this is false. This is the disconnect. The poll question was an abstract question about background checks preventing criminals from getting guns. The question was not "Do you support the Democrat's gun control bill?" This is the big lie from the Obama and the democrats.

90% of people support background checks being used prevent criminals from getting guns, but 90% of people do not support Obama's gun control bills
 
Good point. A long time ago in the legit survey research it was pointed out that:

1. Most Americans want to keep guns from criminals.
2. Most Americans support the right of law abiding citizens to own firearms.

The second question is usually not explored in the politically motivated polling.
 
"Do you want the government to enforce the already existing gun laws?"

I bet the answer would be a resounding yes, probably 95% yes (that 5% are probably criminals). But there's a 100% guarantee that the administration would not tote around that polling result!
 
The second question is usually not explored in the politically motivated polling.
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The obvious reason is that it does not fit along with the agenda.

The more important reason which would happen regardless of agenda, is that this overtly large majority would disagree on the specifics.
 
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