Superman wrote:All the meetings are just a show. Just because Biden's group is meeting with the NRA and other pro-gun groups does not mean they will be swayed away from their predetermined decision. They are only meeting with all these groups so they can be politically correct in saying that they "took input from every group with a stake in this issue." Going to be very similar to the President's debt commission...it doesn't matter what input they get, they will do what they want to and have already decided to do.VMI77 wrote:Actually, seems like they may be backing off a little....Biden saying he's going to meet with the NRA and other gun groups, an article on The HIll talking about new Republican Congressman (and one getting calls 9 to 1 against more gun control), and the Gifford's story yesterday where her husband said he realized there was no way they were going to be able to confiscate "assault" rifles. Or, it could just be the continuous anti-gun meme is running stale.
Someone suggested that gun bans will be similar to the TARP - wildly unpopular and still passed by the Legislature. I expect a multi-faceted approach. They will pass some kind of a bill which may or may not have teeth. Then the efforts to get businesses to work with them (under threat of tax actions) and executive orders will slowly strangle the gun industry. They don't need to confiscate anything if they can dry up ammo supplies and make sure that enough guns are illegal and cannot ever be displayed in public. They are obviously taking class warfare to a new level and cannot afford to allow enough citizens with "operating" guns enough to thwart it.
I'm liking the idea of a GOP shut down of the government over the debt ceiling. That would definitely take some of the wind out of the sails of this gun "ship" (pun intended). As long as there are not enough other bubbling issues to keep the pols occupied, they will drive this one as far as the public will stand for it. Given the TSA, etc, I'd bet that the public tolerance is for a lot more than I can stomach.