The sooner those who have wrongly imprisoned are released the better! This is outrageous!
The correct Newthink posture is that it doesn't matter HOW many innocents are wrongly incarcerated, "if it only saves one life" (ideally, of the hypothetical (and ubiquitous) "child").
So, you point out that many innocent people ("men", I'd wager, so there's already one giant strike against 'em) wrongly imprisoned.
You're countered with logic that asserts that "even if they ARE 'innocent' of THIS crime, at least there are GUNS kept off the streets" (and so, overall, it is a beneficial situation -- beneficial to the collective).
You can't fight an agenda simply by using facts -- especially of the agenda already has EMOTION on its side (as well as the media, et al).
You can only fight such a foe by applying STRENGTH -- and that can only come via politics, and as we've seen even when there is sufficient constituency for a "strength in numbers" scenario, the PARTY will hang 'em out to dry, because it (the party) is ONLY interested in power in the GENERAL sense, with NO interest in delivering the goods for any part of its constituency.
Now, for giggles, wait, and watch, and see how long it'll take for Party RAT to start wooing the "gun nut" faction.
Fact: H. Rodham has recently taken a stand AGAINST the vile display planned for the "Ground Zero" site. This is something that you'd expect the RATs to stand FOR -- and, the GOP to vociferously oppose.
The apparent role-reversal is striking -- but, it's consistent with the big picture; the Democrats go after disaffected splinter groups, and build coalitions, and the GOP shuns "promise-making", OTHER than the "promise" of "winning", "if we all hang together".
To the GOP, "loyalty" (to the party) stands over all. The PARTY, though, does NOT reciprocate. "Loyalty" is a one-way street, with the "promise" being one of sharing in the vicarious benefits of being on "the winning team" IF the loyalty TO the team is absolute.
I will NOT be surprised to see the RATs go after the RKBAers in earnest. It's a sizable contingent, and it's CLEARLY a DISAFFECTED group -- and the ONLY thing the Republicans have to "offer" the group is more of the same, i.e., "stick with us and we'll WIN -- but if you try to hold OUR feet to the fire, we'll attack you for your treason to the cause!"