Presidential Election 2A Forum Mandate

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Stan I'm interested to see which other candidate you prefer. I live in Va so I'm seeing first hand the all-out assault on the 2A...

I'm in CA. I've already experienced all that you in VA are now seeing.

There is no candidate that I like. Not that it matters. CA is dark blue.

As to Trump 2nd Amendment disappointments - I'm not nearly as wigged out as some folks. What matters most right now is the judiciary; of which he is nicely stacking with judges who know how to read.

Small consolation. The courts have never overturned a Federal gun law, and even conservative judges have held that the government can implement gun control laws.

As to Anti-Trump complaints - the most prolific of which is the BumpStock item; there's a lot more gnashing of teeth over that by others, than by me.

What his executive order DID do, is stave off Congress' momentum to pass Gun Control he might have to sign...

Why would he have had to sign any gun control bill? Why could he not have vetoed such a hypothetical bill?

I think you are rationalizing.

Philosophically, a shooter is responsible for every discharge. Baseline common available items that cause rapid discharges without the operator consciously actuating each and every shot, undermine that. I didn't care that people had bump-stocks (freedom!), but am not loosing a lot of sleep that they've been restricted. Indeed, I think one should legally be able to get a machine-gun with about as much effort as getting a CHL. But I'm the one guy in the gun-internet-forum willing say such things maybe shouldn't exactly be an over the counter item.

So, you're in favor of "reasonable" gun control legislation?