Coming soon: 'assault weapons' ban 2?

February 26, 6:52 AMGun Rights ExaminerDavid Codrea

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The experts told us not to worry.

They said Obama would be too tied up in his first term to worry about guns.

They said gun control is too hot button of an issue, and that democrat legislators would shy away from a repeat of mistakes that cost them past elections.

They told us we have enough "pro gun democrats" so that November resulted in "no net loss" for gun owners.

A few lonely voices wondered aloud if this could be true.

We knew, despite a campaign of misdirection that Obama was a committed gunhater.

We believed him when he said he wanted to ban semiautos.

From Chicago to Cheyenne.

We warned people to no avail against confirming Eric Holder as attorney general, and were bewildered why those most able to help with that battle remained watching from the hilltop rather than engaged on the field.

We warned that "pro gun democrats" were unlikely to buck their party leadership--and suffer the repercussions, the loss of choice assignments, the cutting off of spoils to bring the folks back home...

We even pointed it out when we saw some turn.

And all the while, we were hoping we were wrong. Because that would mean our fears were groundless, and what we really wanted was not so much to be right as to be left alone.

But it doesn't look like we were wrong:

Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

Attorney General Says White House Also Looking at Ban on 'Cop-Killer' Bullets

To help fight crime in Mexico, you see.

But wait--don't lose hope. The expert voices may yet prove right.

This could be an attorney general speaking out of turn. This could be wishful thinking on the part of the media, an attempt to get the ball rolling, a trial balloon for public opinion...

We may yet find the political will to turn this back, to discourage it from coming up, to defeat it if it doesn't, or to challenge it if it passes...

Hey, he didn't specifically say it would happen this term, did he...?

Or such reasoning may just be whistling past the graveyard. Because say what you will about the guy, Obama continues to wow the masses.

Perhaps most gun owners, realizing what apathy and excuse-making have bought them, haven't got much to turn to besides denial. Besides--they won't come for our sporting arms.

Yet.

Hang on. This ride is going to get bumpy.

And how.

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