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Originally Posted by kalimus
You shouldn't be happy. Colorado, Minnesota and Cali both have referred to NY's recent enactment as their justification to follow. Some states won't bend... not yet. But this is how it starts. One big gun grab win sets a dangerous precident that is sure to slowly leak into other states over time.
States like Texas aren't likely to bend... at least not any time soon. But the more and more states that continue this action leads more and more people to believe that they are reasonable actions. And that's what the scary part is. If the situation happened that 49 of the states had magazine capacity laws, and Texas was the only one without, I would bet good money that more people in Texas would be willing to compromise, simply because it's common place in every other state. Yours is definitely not a blue state, but don't be disillusioned to the fact that it's not nearly as red as it was 20 years ago. And certainly don't underestimate the power of "peer pressure", not only from state to state, but from resident to resident.
Cali was perfectly ok with it's ridiculous laws about firearms. They tried to push new stuff through, but now they went for big air, a lot of it resulting from NY's policies. AWB proposed in several other states that have not proposed them. More support for mag capacity limits. More support for useless background checks. The trickle down will hit Texas. Not immediately, but it will happen.
2A supporters from every state should be fighting against gun control laws, even in states that are not their own. No foothold should be given. And this is important enough of an issue, that the state governments need to hear the protests from ALL gun owners collectively. As a resident of Cali, I wrote NY representatives to let them know my distaste. I plan on writing and emailing any representative of any state that tries to enact useless policy. I highly encourage everyone else to do the same.
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Well, right. I believe everyone should make their opinions heard, but if their state ignores their apparent-minority Pro-2A voice, then Texas would be more than happy to make room for more law abiding citizens
By doing this, California will drive its crime stats through the roof a la Chicago-style which will only serve to continue driving its sane citizens to other states where common sense is still alive and prevailing.
I understand the fear of the "slippery-slope" mentality, where if one state does it, the rest will join in. But I just don't believe governor's of Republican-majority states will ever "give in" to an idea used in another state without citizen support.