I like to see this issue disappear by Jan 15, is what I'd like. You would think that they have better things to do than write more ineffective laws that are only felt by law abiding gun-owners.
A lot of people were very confident that Obamacare wouldn't get pass either, but it did. We've seen that they are capable of ramming things through under the right circumstance, and a roomful or dead kids is something that is going to be hard for the elected class to let lay, not when they've just been waiting for something like this to happen.
Unfortunately, a lot of people in this country seem to think that we should be Canada, or Britain, etc. They have not the slightest inkling or care about what history shows us when government power is unchecked. And more unfortunately, when you use the "to resist tyranny" argument, most people write you off as a loon. I think this quote by Patrick Henry is appropriate for those that think guns will never be needed by the people:
The Virginia ratifying convention met from June 2 through June 26, 1788. Edmund Pendleton, opponent of a bill of rights, weakly argued that abuse of power could be remedied by recalling the delegated powers in a convention. Patrick Henry shot back that the power to resist oppression rests upon the right to possess arms:
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.
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O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone...Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation...inflicted by those who had no power at all?"
BTW, A couple of great sources of information:
GunCite: gun control and Second Amendment issues
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