I'm heartened by what I read here about what the next election may or may not hold as a result of the recent failure by gun control advocates to pass their 2nd Amendment restrictive legislation. I'm heartened by the thought that Republicans won't lose presence in Congress as a result. I believe that political conflict and debate can be good, so I don't want to see an overwhelming majority by either major party in Congress. But I think we've seen enough failed policy, weak leadership, outright lies and cover ups in the past few years to last a long while. It's time many Democrats were shown the door as a signal that American citizens are fed up with increased taxation and loss of personal liberties. Not long ago I thought of the Republicans as being obstructionist. Now I'm wishing they'd been more so as I'm seeing the problems through a different filter now. The Republicans were't responsible for the filter change.
This is only opinion, of course, but I recommend anyone still interested in the gun control topic read it even though you may not like the message.
"Actually, I’d be more surprised if there were electoral consequences, for four reasons:
1) The trend lines don’t favor supporters of gun control.
2) The issue is a low priority for most voters.
3) The 2014 elections don’t favor supporters of gun control.
4) Voters mostly use shortcuts."
I tend to agree with these arguments for various reasons. Admittedly, part of it is preference. The one that bothers me the most is argument #4. "...most Americans are relatively low-information voters who are unlikely to dig down into the details..." The author means this and makes his argument in a different way than what bothers me. To me it's been very evident that most people, supporting proposed legislation and answering polls, relying upon their politicians and major media outlets for information about the issues, have been persistently lied to and misled about what the implications are of the proposals. Gun control advocates like President Obama, Senator Feinstein, Mayor Bloomberg and others are counting on this as they stick to their well worn scripts. A lie repeated over and over again becomes believed.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/22/gun_control_vote_likely_wont_affect_midterms_118045.html
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