If I say guns don’t vote, people vote, then the “Nothing can be done.” types better get the message. In a recent poll Republican “say it this way” expert, Frank Luntz found, “82% of gun owners support criminal background checks for gun purchasers (74% of NRA members voiced support for background checks). Sixty-eight percent of NRA members believe that individuals who have been arrested for domestic violence should not be eligible for gun permits. And 75% of NRA members believe that concealed weapon permits should not be available to people who have committed violent misdemeanors.”
@WestRiverrat Another bogus argument, unless you would be perfectly OK with legislation to limit or ban the right to own an automobile, or anything else that isn’t specifically mentioned in the constitution. There’s not right to have shoes in there either, or pants. We don’t ban cars, and the current rate is NOT about banning the right to bear arms. It’s about the part of the 2nd amendment that talks about “well regulated” and if you care a hoot about the Constitution, that’s part of the 2nd amendment too.
@majorrich Not so. That’s tantamount to claiming that anyone willing to break the automobile laws is immune to prosecution when they break them. Laws often let us stop and prosecute people who casually disregard the safety of others before they kill anyone. If you say you are against infringing 2nd amendment rights, I am 100% with you. But it you then claim that because of that, it’s impossible to stop lunatics and terrorists from being legally able to buy truckloads of assault rifles and 100 round clips, I am 100% convinced that’s lunacy.