My opinion is that these things are never finished … though the Heller decision certainly puts the ball in the court of fewer gun restrictions. So I don’t agree with Dege that adding a “.50 cal ban” rider would fly with this bill. This bill may or may not fly if it’s consistent with the Heller ruling. It will not fly if it’s contradictory of the Heller decision.

Frankly, I predict this thing will sail through the House (and the dems will get lots of press how they support the 2A, etc., etc.). But I suspect there might be issues with it in the Senate. Seems to me the house dems are willing to play ball, so that the “gun issue” doesn’t hurt them. They might ride that publicity into the Senate where who knows what will happen. If it comes up in the Senate before the elections … well, then it might be pretty fun to watch them squirm.

The dems just need to drop this gun control non-sense. I suspect that many of them know that full well.

Question: is this likely to be the status quo for some time to come, or will our side be in a position to build on it? It seems like the Democrats will regard this as a finished deal; they aren’t likely to revisit the issue for the purpose of expanding the right. Is there anything I don’t know? Would it be better to let the new Heller suit go forward, or take this?

So my guess is we’re going to see a last-minute floor amendment, that the Dem leadership will try to pass on a floor vote. IOW, another Hughes amendment.

What do you think? A last-minute .50 cal ban?

My worry isn’t that we’ll see an amendment that will kill the bill, but that we’ll see an amendment that should kill the bill, but doesn’t.

FOPA was a good bill for gun owners, prior to the Hughes amendment. It still did a lot of good for gun owners, even with the Hughes amendment.

Even so, it should have been pulled, once the Hughes amendment was adopted.

If the D.C. gun ban repeal is ladened with an anti-gun amendment, it won’t be pulled, because a Dem will be the author. And I’m afraid too many of our pro-gun Congresscritters will weight the pros and cons and vote for the result.

We need to make sure that our supporters know:

1: That we want to see a roll-call vote on any anti-gun amendment. The Hughes amendment passed with minority support, because the speaker called for a voice vote, claimed it passed, and nobody challenged. We need people on record.

2. That we need people to vote against any amendment that throws any part of the gun community under the bus.

3. If an anti-gun amendment is adopted, we expect to see the resulting bill voted down. We will not accept the idea that it’s OK to screw over one small group of shooters, simply because a larger group would benefit.

likewise if you sell your gun but one single round falls into a crack in your floor somewhere, you are now a criminal.