DU NRA members...Do you support the leader, Wayne LaPierre?

[branford]

30. Bill Clinton lost control of Congress,

and the Speaker of the House lost his bid for reelection, and Clinton widely attributed the loss to the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, a law that ultimately expired and both the DOJ and NIJ under Obama found to have been ineffective. Similarly, Al Gore's loss of his home state of Tennessee and the presidency was widely blamed on his gun control positions. In the last few elections, virtually every Democrat in pro-gun and competitive states was thrown-out of office. All this plus events like Sandy Hook, and support for gun rights continues to grow. Just think of the possibilities if some of these unnecessary political failures never happened.

Your purported "doing the right thing" is endangering liberal polices nationally and in most states for a generation or more. It also is not supported by a great many Democratic gun owners and their supporters (like myself).

The Democratic Party mostly realizes they have to walk a fine line with gun control, and people like you pushing such minority and unpopular positions hurts Democratic candidates and constituencies on a myriad of issues beyond guns.

For reference, here's the Democratic Party Platform concerning firearms:

Firearms. We recognize that the individual right to bear arms is an important part of the American tradition, and we will preserve Americans' Second Amendment right to own and use firearms. We believe that the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation. We understand the terrible consequences of gun violence; it serves as a reminder that life is fragile, and our time here is limited and precious. We believe in an honest, open national conversation about firearms. We can focus on effective enforcement of existing laws, especially strengthening our background check system, and we can work together to enact commonsense improvements—like reinstating the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole—so that guns do not fall into the hands of those irresponsible, law-breaking few.

https://www.democrats.org/party-platform