[fortheDeclaration]

No Democrat is 'NRA dependent', they will vote the way their leadership will tell them, even if they lose the next election.

Didn't you guys learn anything from the phony 'pro-life' Democrats, who quickly sold out the 'pro-life' vote?

[1cewolf]

Exactly! The Second Amendment doesn’t exist in a bubble; endorsing big-government liberals who happen to be “pro-gun” is a recipe for disaster. With enough arm-twisting by the leadership, they’ll go where their natural calling leads them and extend the government’s power. Better to look closely for candidates who are pro-gun and in favor of scaling back government.

[Hunton Peck]

The NRA goes by voting record, not just promises. Democrats in most rural areas have to be pro-gun-rights. I live in David Obey's very rural congressional district. He's always been far left, except on gun rights. The NRA would be sure his constituents knew if he strayed on that issue.

The pro-life debacle is interesting precisely because the pro-life movement is owned by the Republican Party, much as blacks are owned -- and ignored, except for the usual tokenism -- by the Democrat Party. Thus, when RINOs are in power, as they usually are, pro-lifers are commanded to stay on the plantation and vote for the lesser evil.