02-22-2018, 05:31 PM
(02-22-2018, 05:07 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I have no doubt that there is a legitimate "anti-gun" element involved in the discourse, but I disagree that they make up most, or even a sizable minority of the folks talking about gun control measures right now on the national level. Now, I don't think most of them know what the hell they are talking about or have any real idea what good gun policy would be, but that's a different matter.
It doesn't really matter how many there are, what does matter is they exist and their agenda is gaining traction in more than CA. If you're a pro 2A person and you see the results of gun control in CA you are rationally going to think that this is the logical result of anti-gun policy. You have no idea how many times I remind my pro-gun internet friends that "Komiefornia" has more gun owners and pro-2A people in it than most states have total population. We're definitely outnumbered in this state, but there are literally millions of us here. Couple this with groups like Everytown, MDA, and The Trace, who get quite a lot of play on major news outlets, and for some reason are actually relied upon to state factual information, and you've got a recipe for massive, and understandable, mistrust of the actual motivation of gun control advocates.
