We'll be around for a few more minutes, craig. Driving home from town today, I stopped by our gunshop to get the owner's take. He's as puzzled as I am and offered, gorblimey, the antis may have worn us out. "You can't fight government," he said.
It's as good an answer as I've had among those solicited. The federal government's intentions have been front-and-centre in media for the last six weeks. Trudeau announced he would take a position on control to reduce the violence on August 14. As Ed would say, zzz since.
Think of it: Not a peep on this forum noted for protecting gun rights from oldstarfire or any other Canadian, until I posted it. We've given a carte blanche to Ottawa to do what it wishes. Usually silence in these matters means approval to government. Everyone knows that.