I understand how pro-2nd folks gets all excited about a gun bill that appears to be in their favor.
But its a trap !
All gun bills are BAD.
By supporting a gun bill, you are supporting the gov't claim that they CAN regulate you and your guns.
Food for thought.
You want to go there, and make this argument? OK, let's go there.
Government is based on force. Taxes are taken from the productive, and if they refuse, their property is confiscated. If they use force to prevent this theft, then force will be against
them, up to and including lethal force.
Police are also known as "law en
forcement" - because it is their job to threaten (and if necessary, use) force against the people in order to ensure compliance with the law.
If you vote, you are asking government to act on your behalf. Every time a tax is collected, a driver is detained, or a child is taken from their parents by the state - that is done in your name.
You supported it.
With all of the above said, do I believe that one should neither vote nor participate in the politic process? Of course not. As small of an impact as a single vote has, it is the only effective tool you have to limit the impact of government upon your rights. Yes, it's authorizing force, but I argue that it is a form of self-defense. Force
will be employed, regardless of whether or not you vote.
Now, to your assertion - can government regulate guns? Of course they can. They have lots of men with guns to come to your house and haul you to jail. If you resist them, they will use violence. They will kill you if necessary. The vast majority of the people in our society support this, and most will even go so far as to celebrate your death as a success for law enforcement.
It's not always about what's right, because what's right is not always possible. Government is not going to decide tomorrow that they shouldn't regulate guns, so the only practical course of action is to be active in the process and attempt to steer debate so that the regulations that are in place are as tolerable as possible.