Pic Of The Moment: This Is Nuts

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7. No need, the people have spoken with their wallets...

No need for any talking points from the NRA (which only has a few million members), the people have spoken much more broadly with their wallets. Millions of the 'clips' Clinton (erroneously) speaks of (yes, they are called magazines; and yes, words matter) have sold since mid December. More than a hundred million of them were already lawfully owned by Americans before this current panic. Now only one company, Magpul, supposedly reports having more than a million mags on backorder (I have also heard this number disputed, so please take it as a possible example, rather than a fact).

But one company's backlog is just the tip of the iceberg. Millions of AK's and AR's have sold in the past decade. Hundreds of thousands more have sold in the past month. Many shooters like them as modern sporting rifles. These shooters speak with not only their wallets, but also their votes. I fear that many Democrats' tone-deaf talk of gun control is alienating them like no other issue can.

Clinton used to acknowledge that the misguided legislation known as the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was the primary reason why Congress was lost to the Republicans that year. Has he already forgotten this fact, or is he willingly leading Obama down the same dead end?

-app