Posted on 01/30/2015 8:44:09 AM PST by HammerT
We have the benefit of knowing what has happened elsewhere.
In those cases the people were solemnly promised Registration wouldn’t lead to Confiscation ... until it did
We were at a X-mas party several years ago and met a couple from Canada. She’s American he’s well to do Canadian and owns a farm out in East Bumfrick Canada somewhere. They were delightful and in the course of conversation the Canadian gun registration came up. This guy just laughed and said “not everybody registered their guns and there a helluva lot of guns in Canada. So there ya go.
This is where the Democrats RUN CIRCLES AROUND THE NRA.
The NRA gave Joe Manchin (supposedly conservative Senator from West Virgina) a TOP RATING, given his past.
Only problem - he was still a DEMOCRAT, and when it came time to move in on gun control, Manchin was a PARTY MAN first, so he led the way for the Democrats, and gave them cover for supporting the 2013 Senate attempted gun grab.
The NRA needs to learn to BIAS ITSELF. If a guy is a Democrat, but his been pro-gun WHEN IT COUNTED, such as very close votes, then yes - maybe give him a high rating. But if he’s on the pro-gun side of an 80/20 vote, it means NOTHING...and they need to take that into account.
In the end, at the very least, they need to account for the fact that there is a VERY HIGH CHANCE that a Democrat may really be pro-gun, but then have his arm twisted by Pelosi/Reid and still vote to take guns away. At a minimum, the NRA should be VERY LEERY of ANY Democrat that claims to support gun right...given what their party thinks of those rights.
When’s the last time abortion was on a ballot?
And that’s not going to happen here - not by a long shot.
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