The larger concern, folks, is the risk of Dems painting the GOP as the bad guy in such a way that they lose control of the House in the 2014 mid-term elections. There are several issues at hand where this could be the case; immigration, tax hikes, efforts to reign in Obamacare, etc.
If the GOP loses the House in 2014, we are all screwed, far worse than any gun ban. I'm not Alex Jones, but I see potential for a crazy power grab in Obama's last two years; perhaps with gun confiscation, serious bans, maybe martial law scenarios in response to protests stemming from such legislation?
We might even see a genuine effort to lift term limits on the Office of President.
Watch for the left to paint consrvatives as bad guys at every turn.
Hi Scottybaccus;
Respectfully, I would disagree on the possibility of losing the House. Up until now there has been no unifying issue for conservatives, but the Dear Leader just gave us one. If the Senate allows anything really substantive to pass (magazine ban or AWB) the backlash will be at least as big as in '94, even though its 2 years away. Dems
will lose the Senate, and the House will get shored up. Even if nothing passes, at this point there will be some level of backlash, and there will be some formerly progun democrats who regret giving in to "Sandy Hook hysteria" last December. We should gain ground in both House and Senate at this point, but not enough to retake the Senate completely if no AWB/mag ban passes. All of that assumes we can block "immigration reform" however.
The biggest risk IMHO is that the Republicans in the House will cave on immigration, giving 11 million new voters to the democrats. By definition, illegals came to this country breaking the laws of the Republic, from a disarmed country where the people have no "hands on" role in policing themselves. Why should we expect them to suddenly discover civic virtue and the role of the armed citizen/militia? They won't, and they'll oppose us, helping turn America further into Hellhole-istan. You really will need those "high cap" magazines then, as the economy finally does dissolve into a morass of large scale gang warfare in the inner cities. Even if you're out in the countryside, you'll want a good rifle with a decent mag cap, since there could well be raiding parties from the cities.
So, I hope the House Republicans can be "obstructionist" on everything that the Dear Leader wants. If the gun issue is the thing that puts some steel into their backbones, so be it.
Respectfully,
Grumpy