I keep seeing the taunt, "Obama hasn't taken away your guns" being offered by people

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50. "Advocates..." Beyond a declining MSM, who are they?

Generational change happens, but predicting it is like art directing a sci-fi movie: Do you really want metal boxes and analog dials on the set?

Institutions crap out, too. Most controller/banners readily acknowledge that their (non)movement wouldn't be much without the active support of MSM? Taken a look at your favorite daily lately? You could barely start a BBQ with it. Currently, the most persistent voice for control/bans is NPR, and the usual keep-em-up-at-night artillery lobs by the NYT and WAPO. Not what it was 25 yrs ago. A movement needs grass roots activists who exercise sufficient militancy and have demonstrable impact on elections and policy outcomes, it can't be birthed from above and funded by foundations and the rich. Store fronts are just that.

Please note that tens of millions of people live in urban areas -- like Jacksonville, Miami, The I-4 Corridor; like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, S.A., Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver; like Charlotte, Detroit, Indianapolis, St.Louis & K.C., and dare I say it, Austin. Do these populations strike you as being less attuned to "gun culture" practices and policies? This rural/urban distinction is, like MSM, an aging arbiter of cultural and political values. Said another way, if one were to move from Uvalde, TX to Philadelphia, PA, he/she may give up the hunting rifle, but not the Sturm-Ruger semi-auto pistol; in fact, they may acquire one.