What individual is most responsible for the organized anti-gun lobby in America, for the most far-reaching gun control procedures like background checks that affect you at every purchase, for proposed legislation to ban certain types of firearms arbitrarily, and whose name is synonymous with gun-grabbing in the name of ending violence and crime in America as if the gun is committing the crime and the criminal is innocent?
Is it a Liberal?
Is it a Democrat?
No, it is a lifelong committed Republican conservative: Sarah Brady.
Guys, before you say that all liberals or even most are pro-gun, or just as pro-gun as conservatives:
According to gallup polls, only 31% of republicans want stricter gun laws, only 47% of independants, while about 2/3 of Democrats want stricter gun laws.
And the Brady campaing endorses liberal Democrats.
I'm worried about the state of gun rights in the U.S., but not because of any threat by evil libruls gonna take mah guns. I'm worried because much of the gun-rights movement has tied itself politically to a sinking ship -- ,
This is the Democrat's official take on the matter
We can work together to enact and enforce common sense laws and improvements- like closing the gunshow loophole,, improving our background check system, and reinstating the assault weapons ban,
Here's the republican's official take on the matter.
We uphold the right of individual Americans to own firearms, a right which antedated the Constitution and was solemnly confirmed by the Second Amendment. We applaud the Supreme Court’s decision in Heller affirming that right, and we assert the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. We call on the next president to appoint judges who will similarly respect the Constitution. Gun ownership is responsible citizenship, enabling Americans to defend themselves, their property, and communities.
We rely on the republicans because the Democrats are anti-gun.
We condemn frivolous lawsuits against firearms manufacturers, which are transparent attempts to deprive citizens of their rights. We oppose federal licensing of law-abiding gun owners and national gun registration as violations of the Second Amendment.
and a discredited conservative movement that almost no young voters are interested in becoming a part of.
Really? Priot to 2008, in which almost every demographic voted for Obama, about half of the youth voted republican, 47% I believe, while around 52% voted Democrat. Only 3% would need to change from Democrats to republicans for the republicans to win. And records have shown that people do change to republicans as they get older.
a Republican Party that now has a record low party-identification of 21%
The republicans have historicly not had as many people as the Democrats. However, many of these people are in conservative states that traditionally are Democrats, yet they have voted republican for years on the national level.
Just browse the Gallup website to see how polls strongly demonstrate that most people in the U.S. agree with liberal positions on the major issues of the day: The want the health care system reformed,
I believe that according to mr Jindal, so does the republican party
an energy policy in the citizens' interest rather than corporations',
You mean like cheaper fuel from offshore drilling?
an environmental policy that expands protection, and a foreign policy that favors diplomacy over eagerness for war.
Well, even the liberals are showing their eagerness for war. For instance, the president plans to leave 50,000 troops in Iraq and increase the troops for Afghanistan.
And just look at the recent election results to see confirmation of the public's support for liberal policies.
No, they thought that McCain wouldn't solve the economic problems. McCain was winning until the financial collapse.
Support for individual gun rights (or other civil liberties) is not in any way contradictory to these popular mainstream liberal goals.
First you need to define mainstream. How many people really support these, and how many are really concerned about them. Then define liberal, as many of these goals are supported by both parties. Then, while they might not be opposed, why is it that almost 2/3 of democarts support more gun control, while independants and republicans oppose it?
Yet many in the gun-rights movement -- including the NRA -- seem to make being a conservative Republican a prerequisite to supporting gun rights.
So we need to bash the NRA now? Anyone can join the NRA, however, the NRA usually endorses conservative republicans. Why? Becasue these are the politicians that stand for, or at least don't try to destroy, our gun rights.
So, their argument that it will reduce overall deaths by criminals is invalid.
That doesn't mean they won't try it though.