The worst things are the better things are. (Something to that effect.) - LeninI hate to say it but maybe if more of the country feels the pain of NYer's then maybe there will be more outrage and change for all. I was always convinced that the NRA let NY and California fall because of a lack of support from the rest of the country when a lot of BS laws got pushed through. I think the lack of apathy from the rest of the country happened because they never thought it could happen to them.
We are the proverbial frog in the slowly warming up water and many won't realise it until things have gradually changed irreversibly.