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I used to be pessimistic to the core, but with Trump's victory, and the rabble's continuing street tantrums nationwide, a lot of people of various stripes seem to want guns right now. I am starting to think that these bills turned to initiatives could actually lose. It may be slim, but a loss.
I have noticed even in Washington state, a growing distrust for those in charge among their former supporters. A lot of liberals own guns. 594 was different: most liberal gun owners seem OK with having to do background checks on everything. They are usually going to buy their guns new, so they expect to do it anyway. They are not OK with being told that they cannot have XYZ, because although they prefer others not have them, liberal gun owners want all of the same stuff that we do.
They may especially want it if things continue to worsen with various protests around Seattle, and someone gets their windows smashed during some riot for driving too nice of a car, etc. It can and it has happened in other cities recently.. Not a good time to be pushing big gun control bills.
It may be naive but I'm hopeful this is the case
I have noticed even in Washington state, a growing distrust for those in charge among their former supporters. A lot of liberals own guns. 594 was different: most liberal gun owners seem OK with having to do background checks on everything. They are usually going to buy their guns new, so they expect to do it anyway. They are not OK with being told that they cannot have XYZ, because although they prefer others not have them, liberal gun owners want all of the same stuff that we do.
They may especially want it if things continue to worsen with various protests around Seattle, and someone gets their windows smashed during some riot for driving too nice of a car, etc. It can and it has happened in other cities recently.. Not a good time to be pushing big gun control bills.
It may be naive but I'm hopeful this is the case