What's happened to the pro-gun wish list in Washington?

[SecularMotion]

ATLANTA — Gun rights advocates entered the Trump era with high hopes. After years of frustration they thought a gun-friendly president and Congress would advance their agenda. At the top of the list: a gun-owner’s ability to bring a legal weapon across any state lines, a policy known as reciprocity.

But many of their favorite initiatives have stalled in Washington, set aside as the city is closely watching the investigations into President Donald Trump’s administration. Republicans are focused on other priorities, especially health care, but also keeping gun rights on the back burner may be the fact that because they are, in fact, a heavy lift.

Congress faces a public weary of mass shootings, terror attacks and random violence — most recently in the shadows of the nation’s capital when a man disgruntled about Trump and conservatives opened fire on a ballfield where Republican congressmen were practicing for a baseball game, injuring five people including a House Republican leader. And while a recent Pew study showed Americans pretty much split on support for gun control, specific provisions like keeping guns away from the mentally ill or those on watch lists are actually quite popular.

“Reciprocity in particular is going to prove to be a harder sell,” said Robert Spitzer, chairman of the political science department at State University of New York at Cortland. “Think gun-toting civilians in Times Square. It’s going to be a hard sell, and the Republicans will have to squander what few political resources they have to push the bill along.”

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[Alea]

1. For many "pro-gun" conservatives

It could be argued that the loss of HRC for President and the appointment of Judge Gorsuch to SCOTUS fulfilled two on the wish list. Congress is bogged down with Health Care for now and Trump's only 6 months in to his term, so it remains to be seen what happens over the next few years.

For the record, and before someone calls me a shill, I supported HRC and Merrick Garland.

It's very unfortunate that our RKBA depends on whether or not Conservatives or Liberals are voted in to office.

[sarisataka]

3. Better question

What happened to Bloomberg?

He seems to have lost some of his enthusiasm to take on the NRA and promote gun control after getting some "pro-gun" Democrats booted out of office.

In fact now he tells us, Democrats, to support Trump. Last I checked gun control is not one of his supported policies.

Why has the hero of gun-control seemingly abandoned the cause?

[Alea]

4. Did you really want an answer LOL?

I got curious so I did some digging. From wiki

"On December 5, 2016, Bloomberg Philanthropies became the largest funder of tobacco-control efforts in the developing world. The group announced a $360 million commitment on top of their pre-existing commitment, bringing his total contribution close to $1 billion. This new donation will help expand its previous work, such as getting countries to monitor tobacco use, introduce strong tobacco-control laws, and create mass media campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use. The program includes 110 countries, among them China, India, Indonesia and Bangladesh"

So he's still trying to ban stuff, although I don't have a problem with this anti-tobacco effort. A billion dollar investment in banning tobacco is better than a billion more dollars sunk into banning firearms.