Ken Braun: Banning guns will work as well as the war on drugs

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9. Unfortunately for progressives, the GOP is in a favorable position...

position to outflank Democrats on a social issue: By legalizing & regulating marijuana, they will likely not lose their hard-core bloc of voters (in the name of fiscal responsibility, no less), but stand a good chance of solidifying the libertarian vote and, more importantly, gaining a far bigger bloc if younger voters, a constituency they are in trouble with. The days where GOPers would elect large quantities of RW blowholes cheaply using the "soft on drugs" issue are drawing to a close.

Democrats have been sufficiently cowed on social issues, and won't pick up this hundred-dollar bill, but the GOPers own the out-of-date issue and will look both ways before snatching up an easy prize.

And Democrats will be left clinging to their gun (control).