We dont have a super-majority in either houses, and after a veto from his highness all that effort would die in the cold and dark of someone's desk. Nice idea though it might be, in the current political climate it just wont happen. There are better places to put the $$$ and effort, like national reciprocity.
Ron
That's right. Folks can talk about this all they want but it won't be an initiative in the next two years. There are other planks in the platform and if the Republicans are playing to win in the next two years, rather than a couple short-term gains, the focus is on winning the White House and keeping or building the majority on the Hill. We're a heartbeat away from losing a conservative majority in the SCOTUS with the wrong party in the White House. With a 2016 win we're on the cusp of solidifying the majority nicely.
Energy independence and immigration reform are honestly bigger issues right now, both for your Joe Average voter, and in terms of national / personal security. We are pumping money into parts of the world that in turn pump immigrants into our country who don't give a flip about the liberties and freedoms we were founded on. In fact find those liberties antithetical to their "religion" to the point that they will murder the hand that feeds them. We need to change course now before we become France.
Health care is the other big issue in the next two years. Some of my less politically savvy friend who weren't paying attention a coupe years ago are now tearing their hair out wondering how their premiums tripled in price. The Republicans need to bury the White House with legislation and make him veto every solution to day-to-day problems all voters are facing. The "do nothing congress" needs to show everyone that he's really a "do nothing president".
The most important thing we can do to affect RKBA long-term prospects in the meantime? Take a newbie shooting every month. Keep building on the huge surge of popularity in the shooting sports and responsible gun ownership. Mention casually at work how you and the missus are going to the shooting range for date night. And if you're in the training business already, maybe give or raffle off a few training classes to demographic groups that aren't mainstream gun collectors / shooters. By just talking about the subject rationally at work I've turned a couple people on to the hobby in the last couple years who were probably already curious but didn't know how to get started. One of my former bosses, a single older lady, surprised me in how interested she was; then another colleague took her shooting and before you know it she bought an SR-22 and was itching to buy something else.
All the research studies from Pew, etc, show that there was a real change in attitude and gun ownership in the last couple years, in a pro-gun direction. It's actually very easy right at this time to make the tie-died anti-gun crowd continually marginalized and irrelevant. Facts are not in their side, only emotion. Just keep kicking them while they are down and bring more and more shooters into the fold, and the long term prospects will look good.
