While Trump has held a strong stance up to this point, the more liberal states have freaked out. The left coast is going to turn into one large CA at this rate.
While passage of the HPA would be a win, Stickman is dead-nuts on with the need to evaluate the reach of the BATFE as a whole.
It's not just the left coast. I've been trying to tell people for years the Dems are trying to capture the east coast.
Look at the 9th Circuit Court of appeals and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. the Dems, had it not been for Trump, would have captured PA, MD, DC, VA, NC, maybe SC, GA,and maybe FL. ... and they still have the high courts which have simply turned into arms of Liberal Law.
I genuinely hope that does happen. And I am definitely not banking on the HPA, I'm still buying cans, and enjoying them.
I'm not banking on the HPA, in fact, I don't think it has a chance. Also, as others have said... I'm sick of compromise. It's not time for the passing of the HPA, it's time we outright repeal the NFA and the Hughes Amendment and simultaneously clean house at the ATF. In all honesty, I really don't understand why the ATF even exists. An agency that regulates Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives? I've never even heard of the ATF doing much of anything when it comes to Alcohol and Tobacco. It seems as though now days we have a very specific, special federal agency for regulating every aspect of our lives.
Dismantle the TSA, DHS, NSA and ATF and DEA for starters... they're all redundant agencies that perform jobs that could just as easily be performed by the FBI and CIA. Dismantle the agencies, fire all the deadwood and transfer the good ones to an applicable similar agency.
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Great post and opinions in the replies. Thanks Stick, et al.
I snipped out all of the great stuff to highlight this. I think you know this is true at the badge-wearing level, but that's where it stops. Everything higher up is shades of grey; especially in Washington DC. The Donald ran and won (praise Allah) on black and white. The grey is battling him hard.