Whether or not bump stocks end up banned is a trivial matter.  The war over the Second Amendment will not hinge on the outcome of this particular battle.  Both sides know this; the importance of the issue is entirely psychological. For progressives, a win would be a move in the right direction, evidence that conservatives are vulnerable.  It would be comparable to the Doolittle Raid against the Japanese homeland in 1942 – a strike of no great strategic import but invaluable as a way to shift national confidence from the Japanese to the American side. For conservatives, there is little to be gained by thwarting this progressive gambit (which is the reason some are prepared to make a tactical retreat).  Why expend resources on such an insignificant matter when winning it will not much advance the Second Amendment cause?  Why, indeed!  The answer is that a defensive mindset leads to defeat.  Fainthearted people rarely win at war.  This...(Read Full Article)