As a gun owner and a former member of the NRA I have arrived at the opinion that there should be

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125. You are ignoring the fact that many Democrats own firearms and support RKBA ...

http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self-reported-gun-ownership-highest-1993.aspx

http://www.gallup.com/poll/20098/gun-ownership-use-america.aspx

I will agree with your statement "I think most people who are willing to change their vote based on this would end up voting for (R)s anyways."

I have often talked to gun owners who agreed with many of the views of our party but have told me that they would NEVER vote for a Republican as they believe that all Democrats wish to implement draconian gun laws. Since they enjoy the shooting sports and often have a considerable amount of money invested in their hobby they do show up at the polls to vote. When you considered that there are an estimated 80 million gun owners in our nation, many who are one issue voters, how many close elections have we lost over the gun control issue?

You may have many good reasons to oppose firearms but it is unfair to expect that all Democrats feel as you do. You may take a strong stand on this issue which is your right but do not expect everybody in our party to support you.

I will agree that we need to and should improve the gun laws in this nation. We probably differ considerably on what we would call "basic common sense legislation." For example I feel that an NICS background check should be required to purchase any firearm in this nation which is actually a stronger plan than simply closing the "gun show loophole" often advocated by our party and the Brady Campaign.

When I sell my one my firearms I have to personally know the person who is buying it and he/she has to have a concealed weapons permit. Yesterday my son in law asked me if I had a firearm I would sell to one of his good friends. I really don't know this individual and since he doesn't have a valid carry permit I would never sell a firearm to him even if I did have one I wished to sell (which currently I don't).

It appears that you wish to implement another "assault weapons" ban or at least a prohibition on high capacity magazines. I feel such ideas would accomplish little and in fact the effort to pass such laws would cost our party dearly.

I could point out that while violent crime is a an important issue in our nation it has dropped to levels last seen in the 60s.

Crime in the United States

Crime statistics for the United States are published annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Uniform Crime Reports which represents crimes reported to the police. The Bureau of Justice Statistics conducts the annual National Crime Victimization Survey which captures crimes not reported to the police.

In 2009 America's crime rate was roughly the same as in 1968, with the homicide rate being at its lowest level since 1964. Overall, the national crime rate was 3466 crimes per 100,000 residents, down from 3680 crimes per 100,000 residents forty years earlier in 1969 (-9.4%).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

We face far more important problems in this nation. We need to reelect Obama as Romney would be a catastrophe and we need to get more seats in Congress. The gun control issue has been a ball and chain attached to the ankle of our party.