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Originally Posted by Richard
IMO - your POV offers a micro opinion of the issues and the USAToday poll offers a macro sampling.
I live in NorCal and there are plenty of gun shops and gun owners around here in spite of the many views often expressed about the state from those who don't live out here. But again, my view is a micro POV and the macro view expressed by the majority of residents may be much different - the Bay Area, for example, vs residents over here 90 miles away in the predominantly ag valley area where I choose to live.
As for a title - "The 2A Debate - A Macro vs Micro View?" perhaps would be seen as a more 'neutral' heads up to an interested reader.
Richard
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Richard:
First, it is none of my business what you have or want in the way of firearms, and vice versa.
The hoops many manufacturers have to jump through to sell guns in Kali for cosmetic reasons are ridiculous and do little, if anything to deter criminal misuse of firearms. Regardless, the pols in charge want the entire nation to adopt the same useless restrictions. IMHO, this is a clear violation of our 2nd Amendment Rights.
For the purpose of the discussion, if you have not visited a gun store or tried to buy ammo, mags, or guns lately, you would not believe how little stuff is in stock these days. This is happening all across the country. Nationwide wholesalers have almost no stock.
Try to buy just some .22LR. The supply for sale is nearly nonexistent and consequently, the price for even .22LR is unbelieveably high. This isn't the result of a few speculators or fringe elements.
People are scared of the government and they are buying weapons and ammo at an incredible rate.
The current POTUS, in his attempt to score political points, has done more to cause the American public to arm itself than anyone since Abraham Lincoln.
The media is feeding that frenzy, and has clearly chosen sides.
It was not this bad, even when the 1994 AWB was pending.
TR