What's the gun laws going to do with a Democrat in office?

Question

I want to no what's going to happen if a Democrat takes over the office. Are they going to do another Ban, and if so what will that include? Does this mean they might try to come for our guns or are we grandfathered in before the ban. Is there anything we can do......

Answer 1

I'll tell you what will NOT happen to restrictive gun laws passed by Congress.

They will NOT be obeyed. Not by me, nor by millions of other gun owners who understand the Constitution of the United States, and who are too damn leery of where the Party of Lunatics is planning to take this country.

That being said, if Democrats take the White House AND both houses of congress, you can pretty much kiss gun ownership as we know it goodbye.

Yes, the Democrats seem to be afraid of pushing for tougher gun legislation NOW, because they know that GWB might veto it, or it will hurt their chances of getting a Democrat into the Presidency again. They will NOT stand up for this if they know they haven't got a chance of passing it, or if it will hurt their chances of a complete electoral takeover in 2008.

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Oh, and for the respondents who said this question doesn't belong in sports:

The shooting sports, whether hunting or target shooting, are almost inextricably linked to politics. This is not our choice, but it is fact. If Congress were considering bills to regulate baseball bats, golf clubs or bowling balls, discussions about those bills would end up in this section, too.

I don't particularly like gun questions being filed under "hunting", but until Yahoo grows a pair and gives us firearms enthusiasts our own section, this is where we'll be.

Answer 2

They'll probably try to start a high cap magazine ban and limit to 10 rounds, like in California. They'll also try to revive the Clinton gun ban, but the NRA and gun owning democrats will try to fight it. The 2nd Amendment is a hot button issue and the Dems don't want to go into 2008 elections with a bunch of Anti-gun psychobabble, because it turns voters off. That is why they're no screaming about the Virginia Tech thing, because 1., the shooter didn't use an assault rifle. 2. He wasn't white. Plus, the VT story clearly showed that is one of the 32 victims were armed, they could have stopped the madman and saved lives. It's hard to use VT as a battle cry for gun control when if other students were allowed to carry, the dead count would be much less. So, look for 10 round mag cap ban IF the dems get it.

Answer 3

Frankly, it really depends on the Democrat. I am a diehard libertarian but there are Democrats who for various reasons support gun ownership. You will also find Republicans that don't. To me it is clear that Guiliani will sign restrictive measures while Dean would have been less likely.

As a side note. There was a period of time when the second ammendment was being chipped away. Then gun owners started looking out for each other not just themselves. So if I was a serious hunter who only shoots high-powered bolt-actions I would protect handgunners rights. If I was a guy who likes high-cap race guns I would protect single shot bmg shooters. It was discovered that you couldn't satisfy the anti-second ammendment lobby. Every gun is a canary in the mine. It became a rule if you betrayed shooters even once you would lose their support forever. Thus a minority of passionate Americans were able to make the strength of their passions known.

now most states have conceal carry laws. A couple of states have "vermont carry" the awb expired and most americans have developed a more nuanced and accurate view of guns. The key to this progress was unity. Being anti-gun in most states became a political deathwish. Join the NRA the GOA take your friends shooting and never sacrifice a shooting brother just because you are not interested in the same things he is

Answer 4

Anywhere Democrats go, gun restrictions follow. Look at NYC, Chicago, CA, MA, CT, RI, Philly, etc. They weren't in control of the house for more then a couple of weeks before trying to renew the so-called assault weapon ban (HB1022) under the guise of protecting law enforcement. The old one was a breeze compared to the new one.

After the "assault wepons" (sic) go, next will be CCW, then all handguns, Class-III's, etc. Count on it.

Even if certain individual democrats aren't in favor of gun control, their party is.

Chicago just passed an AWB and there is no grandfathering. This is the wave of the future. Residents of Cook county were told they had a short period of time to get their guns out of the county or they would be confiscated and the owner charged with a felony. NY and NJ also had no grandfathering when they banned hi-cap magazines. If they can do it with mags they can do it with the guns, too. It's just a matter of time.

Answer 5

Probably not much at all, actually.

Every time the dems and other gun control freaks have passed laws against them, they were based on "lowering the crime rate" or "saving lives". All of those causes have been demonstrated to be full of ****. Everyone knows it now.

They can't simply say "it'll drop the crime rate" any more because it never does.

Half the dems in office today are there after running on pro-gun platforms this past election.

In fact, something like the Va Tech tragedy that would have before been used as a rallying cry for gun control and definitely would have caused it to be passed, has this time been cited as a major reason to allow more concealed guns and more legal gun ownership etc.

I'm actually considering renewing my twelve year lapsed FFL right now. I honestly believe we might be entering into the next golden age of firearms ownership in the US.

Answer 6

you for sure dont do greater desirable than floor examining... particular rifles have been banned... google: Dudley Brown for extra records. additionally Hillary below Obama is working on a UN deal to restrict hand weapons... so... you may desire to perform a little deeper analyze. I wont vote for somebody purely because of the fact they elect weapons... criminals will constantly have them yet there are a number of many intense subject concerns maximum of which Ron Paul addressed. he's constitutional and he's an upright guy.

Answer 7

make sure that don,t get in office \ but personally id love to see them try to take away people gun,s cause i know for a fact that most if not all of NH would start a damn civil war over it and who ever they send best be wherein flack jacket,s and a trauma plate cues there a lot of good old boy,s the only way there handing there gun over is bullet,s first

Answer 8

If they thought they could get away with it many Demonrats would take every gun away from every American and leave us defenseless like Hitler did to German Jews before he murdered as many of them as he could.

Answer 9

All the States should be like Vermont where they have a right to carry Law and you don't need a permit... Vermont has the lowest crime rate in the U.S. . I rest my case...

Answer 10

They will try to outlaw guns of every type & reason to own. Look at the UK.

The reason we left the UK was for our right to bare arms. I say if you don't like the freedoms we have in the US, then move to the UK..............