>>The more I follow this the more I'm convinced that, at the federal level, this is all for show. Even the most deluded die-hard anti-gun nut has to understand that this stuff isn't going anywhere nationally. Not because of the Republican House but because the pro-gun Democrats and more importantly the Democrats in pro-gun states and districts are not going to vote against their constituents desires and then have to stand before them in 2014.
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>>You're close...
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>>No form of gun control, other than the silly registration and 10 day waiting periods, will ever get past the Supreme Court. And that's not because of anything related to votes.
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>>Repealing the 2nd Amendment would require a 2/3 majority of all states, THEN pass the Congress. Never happen.
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>>Like I keep saying, this is all for show.
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>I haven't heard anyone suggest repealing the 2nd amendment. You're right, that will never happen. But there can and have been changes to specific statutes.

I particularly liked the evidence about moms at home with babes who might be engaged in sustained firefights with large numbers of hostile home invaders.