Tipping point.

[DonP]

21. No, not even close

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We've heard this song at least 30 times in the past few years on DU, sometimes it's "The tide is turning", but words to the same effect. It's become a punch line, as each time the new poster declares; "This time it's real!!!"

It's still been over 20 years since the last piece of national legislation was passed. Since then, all 50 states now have concealed carry laws on the books, most states have loosened their gun laws and 10 states have done away with their required carry permit system for residents and gone to constitutional carry. Not one state has even considered repealing their concealed carry laws.

With 31 GOP Governors now, versus only 18 Dems in the states (1 Indie), there is going continue to be limited opportunity for any action there as well.

Gun control minded folk are so eager to find some desperate way to declare any kind of victory in the culture wars, they grasp at every "back bencher" that issues a press release and "introduces" a bill for anything even vaguely resembling gun control, no matter how dismal the prospects of it passing or how obvious a stunt as an appeal for donations.

Gun control, in spite of claims to the contrary, is still a top down effort, run and funded by a handful of 1%ers in the Joyce Foundation and the racist Bloomberg.

It has no grass roots base, no dues paying membership, no infrastructure to respond and lobby with actual votes they can sway. In general the supporters are big shots at spouting online, but fade into obscurity when called on to get off the couch and actually do anything in the real world. Certainly not reach for their own checkbooks.

The last NRA meeting had over 80,000 attendees and maybe 20 protestors, most bused in by Bloomberg with his employee Shannon Watts for a pathetic little press event. Gun Control as a "movement" is so short sighted they don't even know the other organizations like the SAF or all the state level organizations TSRA, ISRA, VCDL, etc., so all they can do is keep blaming the NRA, when it was actually the SAF that whipped their ass in court. That's some serious stupid, right there.

How about all those other industry conferences where there are protest opportunities like the S.H.O.T. Show and others. Hell, they don't even show up at local gun shows right down the street to protest. How many have you gone to protest at?

Tipping Point? Feh!