I know a number of pro gun Democrats and that's not the problem. It's the leadership Democrats have that leads their party. Newly elected Democrats cannot overcome their leadership, IMHO.
Likewise, gun issues need to be another of the many litmus tests we use with Republican candidates. Too often, in the past, we have accepted a Republican candidate and overlooked some of their core values and beliefs. Not just with guns but on a host of issues. I could support a Republican who is wrong on gun issues as long as he is right on the others. Likewise, I won't support a Democrat who is right on guns alone since he would follow the socialistic group think of the Democrat Party.
I know a number of pro gun Democrats and that's not the problem. It's the leadership Democrats have that leads their party. Newly elected Democrats cannot overcome their leadership, IMHO.
IMHO, the GOP doesn't want better Republicans. They are quite happy with RINOs. If they wanted conservatives, they would close their primaries. RKBA donkeys got rid of a lot of our RINOs in 2006, e.g. DeWine, Chafee, etc. So, in a perverse sort of way, the NRA is doing what the RNC refuses to do, i.e. purge our ranks of Rockefeller liberals.
It's weird, but conservatives only seem to win when the liberals overreach, e.g. 1994. That's when they pick up libertarian voters. In 2006 when the GOP directed their appeal to social conservatives, e.g. the ban on online gambling, the libertarian vote was lost. The Libertarian vote was the margin of victory for Webb in Virginia and Tester in Montana, IIRC.
So, I'm happy as a pig in slop with this blunder by the donkeys. In the Senate they propose crap like this to supposedly protect us from terrorists, but in the House they won't renew the legislation to spy on terrorists. We have two stupid parties. The GOP IS NOT ALONE.