[GOPJ]

...and when Democrats controlled Congress for the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency, they made no major progress on gun control. Reluctant to cross the N.R.A., they let it slide.

Dems were NOT 'reluctant' to cross the NRA - that's a lie. A typical New York Times lie. The reason dems didn't take on gun control WAS BECAUSE THE ISSUE DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM. The polls changed some years back - - dems discovered they LOST voters over the issue - and dropped it like a hot potato...

[Pontiac]

Dems were NOT 'reluctant' to cross the NRA ---dems discovered they LOST voters over the issue - and dropped it like a hot potato...

For the Lefties it is the same thing.

For those on the Left if you vote pro-gun you are an NRA member or sympathetic with the NRA. For them it is black and white.

Pro-gun=NRA

Pro-gun control=reasonable and logical

The Left does not believe in personal protection. For them no one should have to protect themselves if we just get the guns off the streets nobody will need to protect themselves. They believe that the State has a total monopoly on lethal force at all times; Individuals must always defer to the state the use of arms.

For the Left individuals going about armed is an invitation to chaos and the old West depicted in spaghetti Westerns.