Pro-Gun Hopes For The New Year

By Tom Knighton

We’ve already looked back at 2018 a couple of different times, so far. One to look at missed opportunities, another to look at some dumb gun laws passed during the previous year.

Now, it’s a new year. It’s an opportunity to look and hope for bigger and better things.

So, I thought it would be prudent to talk about my pro-gun hopes for the new year.

First, despite Democrats controlling the House and the Trump administration rolling over on bump stocks, I’m actually fairly confident we’re not going to see new federal regulations any time soon. While they hyperpartisanship we currently see in Washington is a pain in the butt in many ways, the upside is that it’s unlikely the two parties will work together on something so divisive as gun control.

Instead, what we’re going to see are the real battles–the ones that might actually do something one way or the other–happening at the state level. While federal officials make sweeping statements and grand gestures one way or another, activists and officials in 50 state houses will be fighting for dominance.

Ultimately, though, I think you’re going to see freedom expand in already pro-gun states while it contracts …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms