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45. The actual polling doesn't appear to support your claims for "reasonable" gun control,

and support for gun rights, and liberalization of gun laws nationally and in many states, was occurring well before Heller and McDonald, and is the reason why laws such as the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was passed way back in 2005 (65 votes in the Senate and 284 in the House) in response to attempts by gun control advocates to bankrupt the firearm industry with frivolous lawsuits.

http://www.people-press.org/2015/08/13/gun-rights-vs-gun-control/#total
http://www.gallup.com/poll/179213/six-americans-say-guns-homes-safer.aspx?g_source=guns&g_medium=search&g_campaign=tiles
http://www.gallup.com/poll/179045/less-half-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws.aspx?g_source=guns&g_medium=search&g_campaign=tiles
http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm

The rest of your tirade about gun manufacturers, the GOP, Reagan, welfare queens, Willie Horton, etc., is nothing more than simple denial and offering excuses for why the public and elected officials don't seem to adopt your perceived wisdom.

As for money and access, you have pet billionaires, numerous celebrities and ample politicians and organizations on your side of this part of the culture war. For example, gun control advocate spent 6 times as much money in Colorado during the recall elections, yet still badly lost. While this might not penetrate your cognitive dissonance, there are about 80-100 million lawful gun owners in this country, including many Democrats, and they and their supporters almost universally believe in gun rights and will vote accordingly. All the is accomplished with the majority of Democratic gun control efforts is helping to elect Republicans and endangering all progressive priorities.

Lastly, I would note your failure to address the defects and failures of national gun registration legislation in the USA and elsewhere. I assume that to you, the problems concerning confiscation and abuse are features, not bugs, of such a regime. This attitude is readily apparent to gun rights proponents, and the reason why compromise is impossible.