Posted on 11/05/2008 1:29:29 PM PST by pissant
The strong Election Day showing for Democrats signals stronger support for “sensible gun laws” in this country and a “significant setback” for the National Rifle Association, a gun control group said Tuesday night.
The Brady Campaign issued a statement even before Sen. Barack Obama was declared the winner, saying the political environment is better than it’s been in years for “progress on gun violence prevention.”
The NRA spent millions on ads during the campaign, warning that Sen. Barack Obama would be the most anti-gun president in American history.
But according to the Brady Campaign, the NRA failed to deliver its “supposed block of single-issue voters” in Tuesday’s election. According to exit polls, the economy took precedence for many voters.
"America should take notice that reasonable policies on guns are carrying the day," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, which endorsed the Obama-Biden ticket.
The Brady Campaign says Obama “consistently supported common sense gun laws in the U.S. Senate and in the Illinois State Senate. Senator Biden not only has supported, but also has been a leader for strong gun laws throughout his career in the U.S. Senate.”
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We can thank gun owners for staying home on this election or actually voting for Obama!
I’m buying this week.
I know his victory has made me more sensible. I am really thinking about buying now.
Try and take mine.
From my cold dead fingers...
And there’s not much to stop him...any chance of 1 or 2 moderate Dems voting against it will be of no avail with Snowe, Collins et al.
Gun laws will be his greatest political challenge, he risks state nullification by trying to impose Chicago and NYC laws on flyover country.
I’ve been buying for the last month, just in case.
I keep hearing that the populace runs just right of center, yet they just elected the furthest left congress and president in history. The majority of the public favors the 2A?
I’m planning on stocking up on all my ammo sometime before Jan 20th
I can’t imagine there were many of those. Any serious gun owner who did vote for Obama really is too stupid to own a firearm.
Time to form cells.
Bought 7000 pistol primers today. Large Rifle is next week.
I was wondering why there wasn’t a ban on gun and ammunition sales today ...
he risks secession in flyover country. zero is the last president the usa will elect...red
Only 9 more weeks for American patriots to arm themselves!
Any recommendations on what to buy? I don’t own any guns now, but I plan on buying before January.
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