Unintended Consequences of new laws

[dekul34]

Enlighten me.

I've thought about it a bunch, from different angles and "what if's?"

A.W.D.

They're playing a long game... they don't care about you buying a dozen AR-15s right now, they care about in 20 years when people ask "What's an AR-15? Oh... those are those scary rifles that only those creepy old guys and criminals have..."

[riderr]

They're playing a long game... they don't care about you buying a dozen AR-15s right now, they care about in 20 years when people ask "What's an AR-15? Oh... those are those scary rifles that only those creepy old guys and criminals have..."

I am sure, everyone will have a plasma gun in 20 years, so AR platform will look as old as muskets

[Scratch705]

I am sure, everyone will have a plasma gun in 20 years, so AR platform will look as old as muskets

heck with rail gun tech becoming smaller, more powerful and more efficient in power usage, in a few years time many will just build home build railguns to use instead of the standard firearms we have now.

[Wiz-of-Awd]

They're playing a long game... they don't care about you buying a dozen AR-15s right now, they care about in 20 years when people ask "What's an AR-15? Oh... those are those scary rifles that only those creepy old guys and criminals have..."

Yeah, I get the long game thing; however, the proliferation of firearms doesn't equate to the goal of the game.

Many will be registered.
Many will go elsewhere.
Many will simply be safe at home.

In the end - short term or long term - more firearms are in the hands of the public, not less.

A.W.D.

[kotetu]

If you guys have not read The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, you're missing out.

[chris]

Now is not the time to talk about it. I have posted in the past about waiting for the time the legislature goes overboard in passing laws that are counter-effective in respect to their ultimate goals. This happened to some extent with the passage of Prop. 47, in that the theft of many firearms became a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
We have seen their efforts to 'fix' this oversight, so far without success.

I will refrain from further comment until if/when these bills become law. Newsom initiative included.

I got you.

Brown vetoing that bill was absolutely stupid the one bill that made sense. but that is probably why it was vetoed.

[chris]

chris, thank you for your service.

thank you

So maybe we need to approach this from another angle... get Olympic 3-gun and high-power rifle matches and then we can get an exemption too :P

I like it. We are all in training for the Olympics! That certainly can't be a bad thing.

doesn't legislation say somewhere that participating in courses or classes that promote the safe use of firearms? something to that effect.

[Mithrandir13]

Wouldn't it be awesome if all the Sheriffs in California just publicly announced they refuse to enforce these laws!!??!!?

[DrjonesUSA]

Just a few random thoughts.....

Back during one of the rushes, I believe right after sandy hoax, someone made a comment to the effect of, "this isn't panic buying, this is people arming themselves for war."

Other people have commented if Americans are investing collectively millions - probably tens, hundreds of millions of dollars - in guns, ammo & accessories, merely to hand them all over to the government...

Interesting thoughts to ponder......

[neouser]

Ah, you're missing the bigger picture. They know those of us who already have guns will go out and buy 6 more. They don't care. They know we're not gonna be a danger. What then is their real goal?

It's that 10 years from now, 20 years from now, there won't be many or maybe any newer shooters. It's not about safety. It's about changing the culture. It's about people control.

Which is why we need to encourage new shooters. A few of my friends have bought their very first black rifle, with my encouragement and some guidance from a few other friends.

If the goal of the liberal government is to make all gun owners into instant felons, my goal is to make everyone into a gun owner.

[mikkyc]

It's not about safety. It's about changing the culture. It's about people control.

This ^^^

[Dutch3]

thank you





doesn't legislation say somewhere that participating in courses or classes that promote the safe use of firearms? something to that effect.

Well, we do have the CMP...the Civilian Marksmanship Program, which is Federally sponsored. How that fits into the Administration's goal of gun control, I have no clue.

[chris]

Well, we do have the CMP...the Civilian Marksmanship Program, which is Federally sponsored. How that fits into the Administration's goal of gun control, I have no clue.

same here I have no idea why either.