Reply #47: It's a losing issue...... [View All]

The Democrats caved into Handgun Control Inc. and the Million Mommies and look at the results: we lost the presidency and the Federal legislature. Face it; both of these groups are far outside the mainstream of American opinion and it cost us. Right now, the Million Mommies can't even muster enough supporters to stay solvent or keep holding meet-ups. There are over 80 million gun owners in the USA and the Democrats can't afford to sacrifice that consituency with the narrow margins that keep us from winning.

The AWB was nothing but a misguided piece of feel-good legislation that didn't address the core issues concerning violent crime. A ban on some cosmetic features did nothing to lower violent crime. I happen to own a Yugoslav SKS that has a bayonet and a grenade launcher/compensator and yet neither of these features make me want to engage in criminal activity.

The Democratic Party needs to officially drop gun control as an issue and we'd get back more of the blue collar labor vote.