Machineguns – the Truman Solution

As I write this, we have a little over one seventy days left until the expiration of the so-called "Assault Weapons Ban". It is clear to absolutely anybody who cares to look, that the ban will indeed expire – even the VPC has given up on this one. It is the first time in modern Western history that a major gun law is being repealed. We can now smile and screw flash suppressors on to our rifles. But the question is, what do we do from here?
There is really two answers here: the NRA solution and the Truman solution. Imagine the NRA has a legislative victory (like, for example, stopping a federal trigger lock bill from passing). What would the NRA do? Well, given that the NRA position is that they want to 'enforce existing law' and 'support existing laws, with the exception of the semi-auto ban', the NRA would then rest on their laurels and screw flash suppressors on to their AR-15s – until the next anti-gun bill comes up.
The NRA solution has proved it's falsehood time and time again, from the American shores to the Australian plains. Years ago, the United Kingdom had an organization similar in purpose to the US NRA – the UK-NRA, upon which the Americans have originally based theirs. It's still around. It has about two thousands members. They are currently bracing for a government ban on de-activated firearms.
But despite opposition from conservative NRA leaders such as LaPierre, there's a new solution, discussed at gun rights conferences and brought up on Internet forums. It has very little media time, but it's there, and it's slowly starting to happen. That is what I call the Truman solution. Truman is often credited with being one of the people that started the Cold War and stopped the advance of Communism. He is quoted saying "If our only goal is to remain where we are, we will be driven back".
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the crux of the matter. To truly be able to defeat the anti-gun crowd – and in fact, to truly be able to defend freedom – it is not sufficient that we only stand and try to stop tyranny's advance. To fight for freedom – any freedom – is only possible when you goal is to make sure that your children have more freedom tomorrow than you do today.
What does this mean for you and me, today, on the gun rights front? Very simple, comrade. We must repeal a gun law. You are now probably thinking "How?". Well, I might not be the expert to ask, but here's my suggestion: Let us start by small rocks. After all, it's by throwing small rocks down the slope that you start an avalanche. What is our rock going to be?
I suggest the 1986 machinegun ban. Here are some of the reasons: on one hand, it is blatantly stupid and pointless (crime with legally-owned private squirt guns is about as common as traffic violations with Lamborghini Diablos.). On the other, it is blatantly unfair, restricting ownership of the weapons to the rich only – class warfare at it's best (or worst).
So imagine this: a group of dedicated grassroots Internet activists start spreading the message about repealing the 1986 ban. The ban is so blatantly pointless that any group speaking out against a repeal would embarrass itself to no end (the fact that an NRA spokesperson went on the air and said she wouldn't want to "repeal the machinegun ban" without any negative results is something that only happened the interview never got much publicity, so it's neither here nor there). Eventually the ban would get overturned… and become a stepping-stone for further repeals.
And if we don’t mess it up horribly, there’s absolutely no reason how this will not work. So, is there a good, honest reason out there not to go and drive this one extra nail in the coffin of tyranny?