The Second Amendment will become meaningless.
By Raif Karerat
A new op-ed in the Washington Post has claimed mass immigration from the third world will catalyze the dissolution of the National Rifle Association and eventually the Second Amendment.
According to UCLA professor Adam Winkler for The Post, the “core of the NRA’s support comes from white, rural, and relatively uneducated voters,” a demographic that is currently influential but waning by the day.
“Support for, and opposition to, gun control is closely associated with several demographic characteristics, including race, level of education and whether one lives in a city. Nearly all are trending forcefully against the NRA.”
While polls indicate whites tend to favor gun rights over gun control 57 percent to 40 percent and currently comprise 63 percent of the United States’ population today, the demographic status quo is slowly but surely shifting.
Per Winkler:
An overwhelming majority of African Americans say that gun control is more important than gun rights (72 percent to 24 percent).
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The fastest-growing minority group in America is Latinos. Between 2000 and 2010, the nation’s Latino population grew by 43 percent. Hispanics, which make up 17 percent of the population today, are expected to grow to 30 percent of the population in the coming decades.
Gun control is extremely popular among Hispanics, with 75 percent favoring gun safety over gun rights.
Asian Americans also represent a growing anti-gun demographic. Although only about 5 percent of the population today, the Asian American population is predicted to triple over the next few decades. A recent poll of Asian American registered voters found that 80 percent supported stricter gun laws.
While the NRA is far from losing its powerbase, and will continue to wage war against gun control laws, the organization’s influence stems from the number of voters it can turn out, which is likely to decline steadily.
According to Breitbart, Hispanics who favor gun control over gun rights will throw their weight behind presumed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, while MSNBC reported that 69 percent would vote for her over the GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump.
Clinton recently endorsed nationwide firearms confiscations earlier in October, telling an audience that Australia set “a good example” by stripping guns from law-abiding citizens in the wake of criminals using them to murder civilians.