Is the pro-gun movement done for?

[The Big O]

Coronavirus lockdowns, a summer of race riots, an election hijacked by tyrants, rising prices of basic goods and energy/fuel, NGOs openly stating their intent of genocidal conspiracy - you'd be absolutely fucking naive to assume the 2A is weakening. It's becoming a lot stronger out of necessity to very dark times ahead. I didn't start packing until 2-1/2 years ago during COVID, and my investment is looking more sound as the United States continues to strain under the malice from President Crypt-Keeper and the DNC. I hate that it has to be this way, but I finally understand how important it is to keep my powder dry, and I'm far from alone.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

This is the only way they'll get any sort of gun control, like back in 2021 PedoJoe banned ammo from Russia and made the cost of ammo even higher. I'd expect that in addition to this sort of market manipulation, we'll see increasing attempts to use financial methods to enact gun control (since outright bans keep failing). For instance, San Jose, California recently passed a law forcing gunowners to carry liability insurance. This isn't a new idea since for several years a few Congresscritters like the eminent Sheila Jackson Lee have been trying to make it a federal law. I think this approach will spread to many cities and some cities.

I expect the government will also try financial initiatives that encourage people to turn in their guns. Maybe they'll get tax breaks or incentives for having a "gun free household".

And don't forget gun stores, I know they will try all sorts of screwy bullshit on them (and I'm pretty sure parts of California already do).

Ironically that looks to be the only area the gun control advocates are having any success in as of late (outside of the worst Democrat cities and tyrannical states like California and Hawaii).

Definitely. They know they can't take it away from you so they will make it so expensive you can't afford to own it, use or whatever. Cars or guns it doesn't matter. That's why Beijing Biden signed that EO killing the XL pipeline and undoing everything Trump did to try and make oil and gas cheaper in his first 100 days. We aren't paying over $4 a gallon for gas because of Russia's war in Ukraine or sanctions on Russia. It's all because of Biden and the terrible decisions the administration makes. I don't believe for a second that Biden calls all the shots. The green freaks want to ban cars, but the adults know they can't. But they can make them too expensive to own and drive. They keep pushing electric cars every day in the media. People who drive electric cars don't have to worry about the gas prices. No, they just have to worry about their electric bills and that electricity comes from a coal fueled power plant. Having to replace that battery in 8-10 years is going cost about 8-10,000 dollars as well.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Some MMA commentator told me his liberal anti-gun friends all reached out to him to get a gun during covid. So based on that. No.

The whole US gun debate seems to just be some wedge issue for elections. "Want better gun laws, vote for us." Then in office do nothing because they want that reason for people to vote for them next time. Claim, "can't do anything."

I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but there's economics research that backs this up.

"Sticking to One's Guns: Mass Shootings and the Political Economy of Gun Control in the United States"
Hasin Yousaf claims he finds that all mass shootings do is reinforce the stance of people (Right wing further Right, Left wing further Left), which since a majority of the public is a bit more aligned with the Left of gun control means the Left as a whole gains. He only found this on a local level (your country gets this effect if your county had a shooting.)