We'll see these bills every single year for the rest of our lives. I don't have a lot of faith that they'll all be defeated but at least I know that I will always own firearms. I feel bad for future generations tho.
I don't have a lot of faith that they'll all be defeated
There are parallels to be drawn between this and the Troubles in Ireland in the 80s. There was an expression regarding this after the Brighton bombing in 1984:
"Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once - you will have to be lucky always."
Except the notable differences there were any and all threats/bluffs had to be considered credible while these [repeated] bills are tangible. There is no bluff when the thing in question literally exists.
The eternal vigilance required to prevent them will depend on both preventing lethargy setting in as well as any degree of salami tactics/power creep occurring where instead of taking 10 steps in one go instead they "compromise" and only take 1. Do that enough times and you still end up taking those original 10 steps because of the slow boiling frogs.
One successful, violent uprising and enough politicians hanging from trees would set back communist agenda by more than a century. When your yard is over grown with weeds, you don't simply draw a line around the existing weeds and pluck anything new that pops up. You go to town with a weed whacker until they're all gone or stumps, spray weed killer, and stay vigilant. This isn't the type of problem you maintain. It's the type problem you demolish.
We'll see these bills every single year for the rest of our lives. I don't have a lot of faith that they'll all be defeated but at least I know that I will always own firearms. I feel bad for future generations tho.
There are parallels to be drawn between this and the Troubles in Ireland in the 80s. There was an expression regarding this after the Brighton bombing in 1984:
Except the notable differences there were any and all threats/bluffs had to be considered credible while these [repeated] bills are tangible. There is no bluff when the thing in question literally exists.
The eternal vigilance required to prevent them will depend on both preventing lethargy setting in as well as any degree of salami tactics/power creep occurring where instead of taking 10 steps in one go instead they "compromise" and only take 1. Do that enough times and you still end up taking those original 10 steps because of the slow boiling frogs.
One successful, violent uprising and enough politicians hanging from trees would set back communist agenda by more than a century. When your yard is over grown with weeds, you don't simply draw a line around the existing weeds and pluck anything new that pops up. You go to town with a weed whacker until they're all gone or stumps, spray weed killer, and stay vigilant. This isn't the type of problem you maintain. It's the type problem you demolish.
Could be interesting to check historic examples of weeds growing in relation to those Good Times.
That's when they grow. Even weeds require water and sunlight.