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In reply to the discussion: Republicans Allow Potential Terrorist Buy Guns Legally?!?! [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)However, I think you need to look at a political map. Republicans control the Senate, have their largest majority in the House in generations, and control a clear majority of statehouses and governorships. Heck, look at one of our only recent political victories, Democrat John Bel Edwards gubernatorial win in Louisiana. He needed to be pro-Life and pro-gun to do it (100% rating by LA Right to Life Federation, 93% rating by NRA, respectively - he's more Republican than many Republicans!). Moreover, none of these Republicans are suffering in the polls because of their stances on gun control, no new national gun regulations will be passed, gun sales and NICS checks are hitting new record highs, and people are becoming increasingly desensitized to the issue.
https://votesmart.org/candidate/66464/john-edwards#.VmeGGfkrLIU
If you really believe this is making the Republicans look bad, and the Democrats left unscathed, you need to both get out and read far more. You're letting confirmation bias cloud your perception of reality.
As for the abominable (and ineffective) policy of denying people constitutional rights because someone put them on a list without due process, if you want to get a sense of where public opinion is shifting even on our side of the political spectrum concerning such ideas and the inherent risks of such policies, such as racial profiling, I leave you with two articles from the LA Times and Slate, bastions of Democratic liberalism.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-terrorist-watch-list-20151207-story.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/12/president_obama_s_bad_ideas_for_fighting_gun_violence_assault_weapons_and.html