I still pop in from time to time, and I too have noticed the decline of posts.

I think some of the locales of the people posting on the forum are telling - CO has went down a path that most of this board do not wish to tolerate, and some voted with their feet (myself included).

As a point of observation; I notice that within my current region, the gun forums are very active, and I do not think it has anything to do with firearm selling/trading, etc. Its the amount of people (much like this one was), and the variety/civility (for the most part) of conversations. My $.02