I am at a loss to explain why so many people in the blogosphere seem to think we dodged a bullet. We didn’t dodge a bullet, we just got a different finger on the trigger.
Yes, Trump did say that he supports the Second Amendment (whatever that means), but he kinda has a history of saying and doing whatever needed saying/doing to achieve his desired result. There are pictures of him smiling happily with the Clintons, and there are quotes of him glowing about Hillary. Clearly, he ‘goes along to get along’ at times.
How many people in this picture are you certain about in regard to their dedication to your gun rights? The correct answer is: Two. The one on the left is unproven, the two on the right are proven in their lack of dedication.
My point is, you don’t know with any certainty what he’ll do. When some Prozac warrior shoots up a schoolbus and Feinstein/Schumer are dancing in the blood as they work on their ‘commonsense, reasonable’ legislation can you really say with 100% certainty “Ahhh, he won’t sign that!”?
Look, I hope like hell that Trump has a pro-gun position on things and sticks with it. But I don’t know that. And I (and you) won‘t know that until it’s put to the test. So for that reason, I think anyone who thinks “Oh, I’ve got plenty of time to gear up now that the election is over” is taking a big risk and being foolishly short-sighted.
Zero is on point here. The fact that so many conservatives are so celebratory is making me quite nervous. I fear that too many of them will defend him. After the Miami nightclub terror attack, when he went full-SJW and endorsed the watch list crap (multiple violations of civil rights rolled up into a single policy), too many folks on gun boards were in full denial mode. “He’s playing sixth dimensional chess!” Umm, no. He has a long, long history of saying anti-gun crap. He’s just playing you.
We have to hold his feet to the fire. And that means being willing to criticize him when he strays off the reservation. He will sell us out faster than Usain Bolt.
Trump is great on the second amendment. Everyone needs to relax. Nothing to see here.
(me hoping to buy .22lr in bulk again for $0.04 per round).