This just in from the Death by a Thousand Cuts Department...

Bait-’n’-Switch

(Hat tip: Geekwitha45)

Dave Kopel-- Gun-prohibition lobbyists are after much more than AK-47s.

You're damn straight they are. Even when the AK47s they're talking about aren't even true AK-47s. The goal of the exercise is to deny law-abiding citizens the right to keep and bear arms. Period.

And no, I'm not saying the gun control advocates are all doing it out of some nefarious motivation. Some actually believe they're helping to keep people safe. Those folks are, of course, decidedly ill-informed and hopelessly naive. Granted, they may be doing it with the best of intentions in mind... but we all know what road is paved with those.

All gun control laws are fundamentally flawed. Laws are followed only by the law-abiding. Criminals, by definition ignore laws, including the ones regarding rape, robbery, assault, murder... and guns.

The so-called "assault weapons ban" wasn't about making people safer, it was about getting people used to accepting more and more infringements on the right to keep and bear arms. The AWB was meant as a stepping-stone to more and more gun control laws. Nothing more.

The death by a thousand cuts.

Fortunately, many of the congresscritters paid the price for foisting it upon the American people before they could press the advantage. Unfortunately, not all of them paid. But enough have learned that infringing on our rights comes with consequences. Enough to ease back on overtly pursuing their goals. Key word: overtly. They aren't going to give up. It's our job to fight them every step of the way. The best way to do that is to inform yourself, inform others, and pressure the government, both State and Federal.

The truth, the stats, the facts are all on our side. We just have to know them and get them out there. The media certainly isn't going to do it for us.