Afff_667 wrote: This blast by Bloomberg is simply the first step in what may prove to be a very, very long and dangerous four years. Obama will capitalize on this crisis as he has others if reelecteed and gun grabbing and erosion of self defense may very likely become focal points during his next four years. Listen for Obama to continue to make "veiled" references to the Zimmerman case as it unwinds, and I expect that he'll echo Bloomberg fairly quickly.
The concern I have with Romney is his position on guns, gun ownership, self defense, etc. I admit that I'm not familiar with those aspects of his campaign, but the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts isn't much better than New York as regards those issues.
I don't think that Obama is going to have to do much if he is re-elected. A couple of appointments to the Supreme Court (assuming that he has enough Senate votes to get confirmation) and one test case afterward is about all that it is going to take to erode a decade of gains in gun rights. Just as McDonald was a pivotal case, the follow on will be pivotal in the opposite direction. And all the while, the supply of ammo will be dwindling. I suspect that the EPA lead ban will be back along with several other similar tactics. They really don't need the Zimmerman case at all. As to Romney, we can only hope. At some point, we all have to recognize that the good people of the People's Republic of Massachusetts, along with their brethren in NY, NJ, CT and most of the Left Coast are the reason that the gun laws there are what they are. I understand that there is a lot of anti-gun propaganda in those areas but there are also strong pro-gun movements that are not getting all that much traction. If the electorate really wanted the gun laws changed, they would be changed. NH is a good example.
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