USA – -(Ammoland.com)- For over two decades, the anti-gun movement has both openly and tacitly acknowledged the fact that they don’t have enough support to ban guns in America.
They discovered that tough talk on their part stirred up more resistance among gun owners. That understandably led to an almost complete avoidance of words like “confiscation” and “control” in their public campaign to end “gun violence”.
This long-running effort to lull the opposition was also marked by gun control advocates claiming to respect the Second Amendment before listing the many ways in which they wished to infringe upon it.
Rather than gun control, they talked about “gun safety” and “common sense gun laws.”
Some even claimed to be gun owners themselves.
Suddenly, within the last few weeks, many gun control advocates have dramatically changed their tune. Gun Debate
Emotional editorials and opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Huffington Post and others are now admitting that the gun laws they so vigorously supported really won’t end gun violence. They believe that the only path to success is to stop hiding their real goals and push for a complete ban on guns in the hands of citizens.
Why the reversal? Two words: anger and frustration. Gun Debate
With the clock running down on the Obama administration, the war on guns is not going well. While there have been some restrictive laws enacted at the state level in the last two years, these have only occurred in two ways. The first is via legislatures in states whose government is completely controlled by Democrats.
The second involves massive amounts of advertising money poured into state referenda or ballot measures by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who is famous for his plentiful armed guards. Neither of these tactics can provide the desired results nationwide and even these limited victories have been offset by more liberal gun laws in other states.
Another source of frustration is the ineffectiveness of the incremental gun laws they have fought so hard to enact.
The recent mass murders in gun free zones and areas known for strict gun laws have highlighted the failure of gun control in a way the public can’t miss.
Even White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was unable to say that any of the recent mass murders would have been prevented by the new laws his boss is so heavily promoting.
The defenses of the Second Amendment supporters have held up pretty well against the most furious media and political assaults Americans have ever seen. Gun sales and NRA memberships surge whenever high profile shootings lead their opponents to press for more laws.
This is disheartening and exhausting for those who deeply believe that guns are the root of evil. Their tactics of the last twenty years have failed to achieve their goals.
I predict that between now and the election next November, you can expect to hear a lot of desperate rhetoric and vented feelings of anger and confusion coming from ardent gun control proponents. After that, the future looks dark for those on the left side of the gun debate.
—Dr. Michael S. Brown is a pragmatic Libertarian environmentalist who has been studying the gun debate for three decades and considers it a fascinating way to learn about human nature and politics.
Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, a project of the Second Amendment Foundation. www.drgo.us
They can’t get rid of gangs, what the hell makes them think they will get rid of guns
my reply to Hoff Puff … DON’T WAIT TILL YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE’S OF THEIR EYES THIS TIME !
MOLON LABE! If you are stupid enough to try and take guns from real Americans!
They can start with disarming the Chitcago gangs, the LA gangs; including MS13. How’s that working out?
Every time I read an article similar to this, which is just about every day, I have to smirk. After all, just who do the libtards imagine they are going to get to disarm people, the other gun owners? It’s not really even possible to imagine what must be going through these idiots empty heads.
Just like the other several hundred million gun owners in this country, I will NEVER peacefully hand over my families primary form of protection, NEVER!
if gun control worked, the U.S Virgin islands would be a crime free island, theres no gun shops, no gun shows, a 100% ban on firearms…they have the highest per capita murder rate…population 110k, 52 murders 42 with guns, theres no ammo in wallmart,…those commies argument went down the drain…gun control only enables a criminal to kill without resistance..
Isn’t it interesting, that the “debate” over gun rights in America never ever ends? We have been arguing over what the 2ed Amendment is about for over 40 years. Time after time the right to keep and bear arms has prevailed. Yet the argument is never deemed to have been settled. No matter how many court decisions, or elections declare that we the people have a right to have firearms, the Gun Prohibitionists soon return again to the table demanding that we have the same argument all over again. They’re like the child on a car trip, who insists every… Read more »
I say take a page out of Augusto Pinochet’s playbook – round up all the r-selected lefty rabbit people and start chucking ’em outa helicopters. They are calling for disarmament, which they KNOW will result in mass violence, so okay, time to get ready for violence.
“Never trust a government that doesn’t trust you to own a gun”.
“Never forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is, so he can do something to you that you wouldn’t let him do if you were equipped to prevent it. This goes for burglars, muggers, and rapists, and even more so for policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians.”
– Aaron Zelman
Be wary folks. I’ve been saying for years that they don’t need to control guns if they can control ammo!
FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THAT FEARS YOUR GUNS,more people have been killed in the name of gun control than in all the wars we have fought, something like 250 million so far and you can bet that number is going to go way up and soon. The first thing a dictator does before he takes over is to disarm the people, then they go in and kill loads of people asoart of the take over. The same thing is happening in this country.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE THERE IS LIBERTY, WHEN THE PEOPLE FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS TYRANNY.
Public Enemy #1 & 2 together in a room; and all we got was a photo!
America is becoming so ‘provincial’.
This argument reminds me of the difference between a conservative Republican and progressive liberal Democrat. The Republican decides that he does want to have a firearm in his house. So he does not buy one. The Democrat decides that he does not want to have a gun in his house and then makes sure nobody else can, either.
Well you smartasses! You can take all the guns away from goid people and you will still have drive by shooters, gang bangers, felons with guns, and mental Deficient will still and always have guns commuting murders of YOUR Family AND friends! Until you find the task forces of old to fight illegal guns ( not your version of illegal guns) you will continue to be at risk. The Cops as good as they are, are an after fact when your in trouble, the Military is to restricted fighting the Bad Guys, Congress is useless, the Supreme Court is in… Read more »