[Hoot Gibson]

We agree then.

There is not much difference between a de facto gun ban and a literal one. If the federal government regulates gun and ammo sales through heavy taxes and registration, confiscation will be the next incremental step. Socialism is a disease that creeps through society as it sleeps.

It does not take much imagination to envision a time when guns will not be legal in homes where anybody lives who has ever had a bout with alcohol or drug abuse, or any history of mental illness, including mild bouts of depression. From there, it is small step to include people living in households having family histories or genetic markers indicating potential mental illness issues. Felons are already banned from owning guns, so what would stop those with "serious" misdemeanors from being included in the list?

We currently have a president who once called live born babies fetuses and advocated allowing a doctor to declare them "non-viable" and to deny them any medical treatment as they died screaming in agony. Do you really think that these people have any respect for our Bill of Rights? I don't. We are a couple of Supreme Court justices away from true tyranny.