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In reply to the discussion: Well all the talk has made it too the NRA... [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)Any law, even the constitution can be changed, and even changed back again, just like Prohibition.
However, considering UBC's couldn't pass a Democratic Senate, despite claims of 90% public support, pictures of dead children, and the Democratic president practically begging, no demonstrable gun control, no less something like repealing the 2A, is forthcoming any time soon.
More importantly, advocating draconian gun control has electoral consequences, and they're usually very bad for Democrats, both nationally and at the state and local levels. For instance, Clinton himself attributes losing Congress to the Republicans because of the Assault Weapons Ban, and Al Gore is believed to have lost his home state in the presidential election over the issue, all this when gun control was more popular in the 1990's. If Gore won TN, FL would have been irrelevant, and Bush would never have been president! Gun control is an electoral loser, and its advocacy risks the entire of the progressive agenda.
You are free to not to "give a fantastic flying fanny fuck on Friday if it ruffles gun owners or draws rebuttals from the NRA," but I and many other Democrats most certainly do. Whether you like it or not, these people and their supporters get out and vote, and I would like our Party to keep the presidency, retake the House, Senate, and majority of state governments, and maybe start implementing liberal policy.
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