We aren't "losing" anything, because all the BoR does is order the government to stay off our lawn over rights we already possess. They might violate our rights more often, but violation is what it is. They can't take rights they didn't grant.
I find the friendly day-at-the-range approach works well the the undecided, but the real antis have their minds made up and are generally not worth arguing with. Unless you really enjoy the sneers and mockery, best just to tune them out. I'm just ornery enough that I sometimes enjoy winding...
I do followups as a matter of course, we're not always there to answer the phone and sometimes miss the call from NICS. I like to keep the delays pruned out of the file. It's true all they'll tell you is the current status of the transaction.
The current Constitution does indeed mean squat, but it's in the hands of people who don't want to obey it. It is STILL a damn good set of ideas, and it is still the law. A ConCon, however, puts everything on the table. Every state gets delegates, not just limited government types, and in case...
That's electoral numbercrunching. Look at the margins in the swing states. Also look at the rules for amendments. It's a great deal more involved than simply passing legislation.
Another point to remember: the CA registration covered only about 1-3% of the affected firearms before it went to ban. That's a lot of guns they didn't have their thumb on when they showed their hand.
OK, let's try a hypothetical. Tomorrow morning, BHO issues an EO that no centerfire firearms may be sold by any manufacturer or dealer, and all such weapons on civilian hands must be handed over to law enforcement. There would be a few minutes of stunned silence from the shooting community, then...
The election that we will hold anyway, whether the administration agrees or not. The states aren't completely supine, and I suspect will be less so in the coming years.
And we would be cooperating with any such law why, exactly? I don't own any guns, of course, but if I did, I'd already have sufficient weapons and plenty of ammo laid aside, and a caching plan ready to go.
If you want to know one of the gungrabbers' worst nightmares, imagine a strong AWB that...