Sure, most people are in favor of keeping guns out of the hands of people with bad intent. We can all agree on that, right? Unless you’re planning to shoot someone or more than one. The devil is always in the details, though, and as soon as you start looking at those details the types of gun control being pushed poll lower and lower, and people realize that it mostly affects the law abiding, are stepping stones toward even more restrictions, and what the unhinged barking moonbat base really wants is bans
The Hill: Democrats Have Lost Elections Because of Gun-Control Push
On Saturday, the Hill published a column on the Democrats’ precarious position of desiring to secure more gun control but knowing that pursuit of new gun laws has cost them elections in the past.
The Hill reported:
While Republicans have been criticized for an unwillingness to take even small steps to restrict access to guns in response to a national plague of mass shootings, it’s not lost on Democrats that the last time they had an extended debate and votes on ambitious gun proposals in 2013, they lost nine seats and their Senate majority in the following election.”
The Hill noted Democrats also believe voter pushback to the 1994-2004 “assault weapons” ban is part of why they lost the 2000 president election.
And here is something else to consider: ABC News noted the federal “assault weapons” ban was signed on September 8, 1994. Approximately two months later, the “GOP easily [took] control of the U.S. House and Senate, gaining 12 governorships and regaining control in 20 state legislatures,” according to History.com.
Hence why The Hill article starts out
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is walking a tightrope on gun control legislation after two more mass shootings that have shaken the country and angered Democrats frustrated over inaction on guns.
While members of his caucus and progressive activists are pushing him to force the GOP to vote on an array of proposals, Schumer also wants to protect Democrats in tough races in purple states from taking tough votes.
I would hazard to guess that those election losses from the 2012 election weren’t just about guns, but, a continuation of the toxicity of Obama on Congressional and state elections for Democrats, but, pushing gun control sure didn’t help. And, voters this time may well see “gun control” as a distraction for the main issue, the economy.
You’ll have to repeal and replace the 2nd Amendment. Then you’ll have to repeal all 50 state constitutions because they protect the right to bear arms too. Then you’ll need to equip an army to confiscate all 400+ million firearms currently estimated to be in the U.S. https://t.co/Vgp14JAUf2
— Heather B (@BoulwareH2) May 25, 2022
There are lots and lots of Democrats yammering about repealing the 2nd, taking away all guns from private citizens. Voters see this from the extreme left, and will think about what comes next, especially when they see the extreme left trying to take away 1st Amendment rights.
The NRA is hosting a party in the backyard of a school shooting before 19 students and two teachers had even been laid to rest. Is this really an organization that people want to be a part of? pic.twitter.com/0zrg1ATipL
— Rep. Jake Auchincloss ???? (@RepAuchincloss) May 29, 2022
Yeah, that’s a federally elected Representative attempting to take away Freedom of Speech, freedom to petition for redress of grievance, and right of free association from private citizens just for Wrongthink. Which group is next?
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We can fix the Second Amendment and stop senselessly increasing the risk to our families. pic.twitter.com/4YHIvTyPvz
— Alan Howe, Democrat for PA House, district 199 (@HoweDefendsUSA) May 29, 2022
What is “high capacity”? What is “less lethality”? Those are open to WIDE interpretation.
