as he has never been a true friend of gun owners.. He would have got at least some support from Republicans so it probably would have had a far higher chance of passing.

I feel that we will see some true improvements to our gun laws as Obama will use the threat of another AWB as a bargaining chip.

I also feel the push for the AWB and the actions of some state legislatures will hurt the Democratic Party in the midterm elections at the local, state and national levels. For example New York State placed a 7 round limit on the amount of ammo that you can legally have in a magazine. I can understand a 10 round limit but a 7 round limit is foolish as few if any firearm manufacturers make such magazines and many may simply chose not to. Therefore many common and popular semi-auto firearms may no longer be available for legal sale in New York. Of course criminals will simple ignore this law.

Many blame the big bad NRA as the major obstacle to strong gun control and there is no doubt that this organization has considerable power. However I feel the gun owner vote is far more important. Remember that there are 80,000,000 gun owners in our nation and add to this the voting age members of their family and you have a POWERFUL voting block. Gun owners will show up at the polls in the midterm elections and quite possibly vote against even those Democrats who strongly support gun rights. Gun owners also have long memories and the current push for gun control may make a difference in the number of Democrats elected for many years.

Even though Obama managed to get elected twice, thanks to the more populous states and the way the current Electoral College system is setup, the Republicans have made serious inroads at the state-level legislatures, and I fear many urban Democrats' bloodlust for gun control is a big factor in really polarizing the rural vote.

If some of these state legislatures begin tinkering with the E.C. system and change it from how it currently works based off statewide population to based off legislative districts (each district getting an equal vote), the Republicans could very well cement themselves into power (at least at the Federal level) for a very long time.

of a much bigger family.

My time here continues to teach me that anti-gun people think there are only two kinds of gun owners: the gun obsessed fetishist, and old-timey Fudd.


Because they understand gun owners like Bush understood the Middle East, they'll achieve their mission about the same.

Speaking as a non-atheist with a FSM in my corner too.

I am grateful that his noodly appendage voted... (perhaps more than once ).