LAST EDITED ON Feb-22-08 AT 05:37AM (MST)[p]One only has to look at how the tobacco industry was legislated to see how effectively gun control can be utilized, ,using the same tactics.
Most people I know, when the issue was presented on a ballot, voted against cigarettes at every opportunity. Most can agree that cigarettes are a smelly, unhealthy habit. When offered the chance to banish smokers from restuarants, bars, airports, and other public places, libs and conservatives blindly supported it. How? By sanctioning taxes, fines, fees and suits. "Tobacco" was never outlawed, the use of it is sin-taxed to the nth degree.
Now we see snippets of news about how the Tobacco Nazi's are trying use children as the foils to further banish the use of tobacco, re: someday you won't be able smoke in your home or automobile for the fear of kids getting some tobacco-borne illness, which in turn will not be covered by insurance.
So the anti-gun nuts, most notably liberal democrats, will try and use the same tactics as they did to punish the tobacco industry and smokers. I think you will see little controls being employed like how much ammo you can buy, taxes on said ammo, ammo being signatured to better track it, suits against manufacturers for allowing their guns to be used to kill some kid in a drive-by and on and on.
Hey, if the American sheeple can be convinced that McDonalds and its ilk are responsible for obesity (which is now classified as a disease BTW), parsing of the 2nd amendment should be a cake-walk.
As mentioned above, California, who could be honest-to-god classified as a socialist country unto itself (7th largest economy in the world) controls a lot of influence in this nation. Ever look at the stickers under the hood of your vehicles, they most assuredly have to abide by the Ca. EPA standards, or they don't get made. Liberal eastern states are falling into line accordingly.
So when you so-called sportsmen and hunters pull the handle for "the most liberal senator in Washington," remember how things can be controlled. Yes, he makes you swoon. Your palms get all sweaty just hearing his golden utterances. He fills you with "hope" and "dreams."
The brother is quite the saleman. A snake oil salesman.
Good luck with your purchases.