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Yep, it’s always darkest before the dawn. Remember the ‘70’s when concealed carry, in most states, was rare? Now ~50% of America is shall-issue or constitutional carry! I think anything can change over the course of several decades
Equally impressive is the public impression - the argument of OK Corral gunfights and blood in the street if unimportant unconnected people are allowed to carry has pretty much lost all credibly. Who woulda thunk that a city with a total ban on post 82ish handguns and no carry licensing would eventually become "Shall Issue"? There have been few if any credible efforts to roll back any of the shall issue / constitutional carry laws. Even MA is trending towards ever increasing percentages of "restrictions: none", but it still very weak on that pesky due process thing.
But at least the SBR classification in MA gives you the ability to legally carry a loaded AR in public.
From the research I’ve done, the primary drivers behind the tax stamps for machine guns and cans were the “Robber Barons”, the rich fat cats of the time. They didn’t want the workers to be able to arm themselves as well as their union busters and they didn’t want the, in the words of one, “poor Italian immigrants” using cans to hunt all the game animals. The current value of $200 today is $4,291.10, so the $200 tax stamp was quite a barrier for poor workers and lowly immigrants. So the workers couldn’t afford to arm themselves with machine guns like the union busters were doing and poor people wouldn’t be able to afford cans to hunt with and, potentially being more effective, reducing the number of game animals for the rich folk to go after.
Autocrats of any stripe, including American blue-state bureaucrats, will continue to double-down on the most rediculous regulations until the entire house of cards comes crashing down. Much like Putin in Ukraine. Politically, in both cases, there’s no way to retreat and save face at the same time.
It was the first map I found that proved my point.Texas went ConCarry in 2021......
That map isnt accurate, there are now 24 con carry states iirc
www.nraila.org
I would like to thank the National Rifle Association for putting up the endless fight against this heinous gun control. They do such a great job. Without them, who knows where we'd be.Clear, simple, explanation of these changes from the NRA:
NRA-ILA | Biden Administration Announces New Firearm Rule
On April 11, the Biden Administration announced the finalization of a new firearm rule, and a new nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”). The rule, ATF 2021R-05, is substantially the same as when it was proposed last May.
And the pool parties, don't forget the pool parties.
I’m a collector, I can only carry 2-3. Anything over that is not going to work
Make a game out of it - 8 positions in under a minute and neither of you can fall off the flamingo.
See @teamRR post #331 linking to the NRA’s explanation. The published rule is no different than the one released on April 11.
Saved to read later, because getting my BP up at bedtime isn't good.
www.firearmspolicy.org
If its monetized they get way more $ for content over 10min, however the better creators know how to stage their stuff so that the user can just fast forward to the correct places....
