Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: BIG MISTAKE....Obama said "ban" when talking about guns... He just proved the NRA right..ON LIVE TV [View all]virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)I have done lots of ground work for Democrats in Virginia in the past, Obama's record on Gun as president was VERY GOOD. That and the fact that most of the Democrats here in Virginia, tend to be very pro gun, had at least took the gun issue off the table.. Yes, our parties past mistakes on this issue DID cost us a lot of support, and that support had began to trickle back when Obama took office, and actually signed some pro gun bills...
But what you MUST understand is that to a LARGE number of folks in most of the US as a whole, guns is a "make or break" issue, just like abortion rights... If you don't agree on this issue, they simply do not care about the rest of your agenda. That comment on live TV, saw lots of TV's click off all across the US as soon as that topic was overwith.
And the president just stated on LIVE TV that he wanted to ban the MOST POPULAR RIFLES in America.....
The NRA has 4,300,000 DUES PAYING members... The Brady Campaign has under 28,000 mailing list subscribers....
WHAT DO YOU STAND TO GAIN by paying lip service to Brady? What do you stand to LOSE by pissing off an active, organization, with well over 4.3 million members that must PAY to be a part of it???
Think about it..