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Posted on 08/04/2009 10:13:10 AM PDT by neverdem
After years of losing, gun control advocates say this week's vote on confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court will be their long-awaited win that shatters conventional wisdom and proves that the Second Amendment is no longer the unstoppable force of Washington politics.
Proponents of gun control say the National Rifle Association (NRA) and similar groups have overreached. They point to a Senate vote last month blocking an effort to expand concealed-carry laws.
"The lesson that's going to come out of this is you can vote against the NRA and still win, and win in gun-friendly areas," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation's leading gun control group, which is billing this week's vote as a chance to defeat the NRA.
Gun rights supporters dismissed suggestions that they've lost their long hold on the Capitol. The NRA's spokesman dared lawmakers to test Second Amendment voters at their "own peril."
Since the 2000 elections, few lawmakers have bucked gun advocacy groups, and the NRA in particular. The powerful lobby had proved too often that it could swing elections in battleground states simply by sending its traditional election-time blaze-orange postcards telling voters how their elected officials scored on gun rights.
When an effort by Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican, to expand reciprocity for concealed-carry laws throughout the nation failed July 22 to overcome a filibuster in a 58-39 vote, gun control groups said they'd made a dent. This week, they expect Judge Sotomayor to be confirmed to the Supreme Court despite the vocal opposition of the...
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Mr. Pratt said some lawmakers who have had perfect ratings with the GOA will end up losing that distinction because of their Supreme Court vote. He said GOA is considering double-weighting the vote on Judge Sotomayor...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The NRA has been stabbed in the back more than once and they still have a better track record of any gun group.
Are you hoping we lose this battle? What is with your childish attitude?
Do you think I'm stupid? That's not the point. Read comment# 13, please.
Since Nov 2006 when the rats retook Congress, how many anti Second Amendment laws have been passed? The rats have some real RKBA advocates and some phonies like Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Read Gun-Shy in comment# 1, if you haven't read it already.
This roll call vote for the wise Latina will be very interesting, especially for the effects on NRA & GOA ratings of rats & RINOs.
I read the letter and those blue dogs will go the party line when it comes to a vote. How many of those 60 or so will confirm the wise latina.....
I was responding to the author, not you, specifically, "Gun foes see new hope with Sotomayor". You have your point, he has his point, and I have mine.
You don’t get it, and maybe never will. A Dem gives the party more power and the party is anti-gun to the core. And these Blue Dogs have shown just how pro-gun they are.
No Dems, ever...
Some on the pro 2nd amend are no better then the leftist aka progressive gun haters.
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