Re: President Trump & U.S Election 2016 Investigation
The irony of talking about more gun control is it actually gets people out buying more firearms worried that they may be banned and if nobody had talked about gun control there would probably be far less firearms then there are in the U.S. Same thing with ammunition sale's of the three most popular calibre's .223\5.56x45, .308\7.62x51 and 9mm increase massively anytime gun control is talked about with many bulk supplier's having to increase order's to keep up with sale's. Firearms are not going anywhere anytime soon in the U.S as ownership of firearms has dramatically increased in the last three decades and the range of firearms has also ballooned.
Of course Trump is going to play to the firearms community they voted for him in huge numbers probably swinging a couple of states he owes them and he knows it as does the community who will not react well if they feel he is going against their rights and interests. Whenever firearms are discussed by people outside of the U.S they talk about the NRA as this great champion of the citizen and their right to own firearms but the truth is apart from when Charlton Heston was running things the NRA has a lousy record of advocating for firearms. They are usually the first to offer compromises on firearms and accessories as they did with this latest incident offering a ban on bumpfire stocks before anyone else had even mentioned it. They are viewed by the firearms community as that good at defending gun rights that active membership is down with people moving to another organisation that's growing rapidly because of their "not one inch" attitude and the GOA (Gun Owner's of America) is likely to surpass the NRA as the main citizens representatives within fifteen years.
The problem in the U.S isn't the firearms as much as the lousy performance of the agency's that are supposed to oversee the system such as the ATF, FBI and local law enforcement. The other aspect that contributes heavily to mass shootings is an abysmal mental health system that scares the hell out of people who then when they have issue's don't seek help. Right now the biggest thing helping the anti gun campaigners is the firearms community themself they are so busy fighting with each other over ridiculous issue's that they have failed completely to oppose the current anti gun culture which is breathtaking in its ignorance and stupidity regarding firearms and could be easily silenced.
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