Harvard Study: Gun Control is counter productive

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59. I contend that the GOP would not have been able to win the election ...

between Bush and Gore had it not been for the Democratic Party's position on gun control. If Al had won his home state of Tennessee with its 11 electoral votes, all the shenanigans in Florida would have made no difference.

Of course it may be simplistic to blame Gore's loss on just this one factor. Bill Clinton had been in office for eight years. Clinton was a great communicator and Gore lacked that skill as he was rather wooden. It's hard to have to follow up a truly great performer on the political stage.

I know many NRA members including some Democrats and most are not members of the "NRA cult" that you mention. They do oppose draconian gun control but are far more reasonable than the leadership of the NRA and the NRA-ILA. Many belong for the same reasons that I do. I firmly believe that the NRA does a lot of good for the shooting sports and also offers some of the best firearms training programs available.

But I also know a lot of gun owners who refuse to join the NRA. There are only 4.3 million NRA members out of the estimated 80 million gun owners. There has to be a reason for this as an NRA membership is fairly cheap at $35 for a one year membership. The propaganda and constant requests for donations turn off many gun owners.

Posters here in the Gungeon on both sides of the issue waste a lot of time insulting each other. This often bothers me. I try to be polite and respectful because I really want to find solutions to the issue of gun violence in our nation. I also believe that proposing truly draconian gun measures and "feel good" laws only hurt our party. The Republicans have basically eliminated the middle class in our nation and still they are not satisfied. We can't lose any more seats in Congress and Uber-rich Romney as President would be a total disaster.