Originally Posted by roachboy

back to the op:

i happened to catch some of the attorney general confirmation hearing last night on c-span (my new favorite reality show outlet)...there was an exchange about "concerns originating with the second amendment crowd" that might be illuminating for my colleagues on the right. the jist of the exchange was that the obama administration has no plan to alter gun control parameters--not only that but he cannot imagine the administration undertaking such action. prerogatives on gun issues will then remain with the states. this in response to questions from a republican senator whose name eludes me (as does the name of obama's ag nominee--i keep thinking heller, but that's also the name used to refer to the main existing precedent on gun issues) and another from leahey.

the republican senator kept pressing for a yes/no answer to a hypothetical question and did not, in the end, seem to find the exchange to be entirely satisfactory--but i would think it enough to calm down the gun folk who imagine that there will be some kind of immediate change in the legal framework that enables them to procure their Important Implements.