Eeyore
Regular Member
I came across this refreshing article in a blog by a liberal gun owner:
http://kontradictions.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/dear-democratic-gun-control-lobby-how-to-get-better/
There were lots of positive comments by liberals and conservatives. (I commented as CarryOn92.)
Even though the media like to paint the gun control debate as a Democrat vs. Republican issue, it's not. Although the NRA's scoring system for legislators appears to be even-handed, the NRA senior leadership is blatantly pro-Republican. I think this works against them, since it's easy for the media to discount their positions as just being contrarian. Post-Sandy Hook, Wayne LaPierre came out swinging, which was (understandably) seen by many as heavy-handed and insensitive. Increased security and finding a mechanism to consider mental health in NICS are the only proposals that might actually reduce incidents like Sandy Hook/Aurora/Tucson/Columbine, but they were dismissed out-of-hand because the media don't like him. And because blaming guns and the NRA is easier, cheaper, and more politically expedient.
http://kontradictions.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/dear-democratic-gun-control-lobby-how-to-get-better/
There were lots of positive comments by liberals and conservatives. (I commented as CarryOn92.)
Even though the media like to paint the gun control debate as a Democrat vs. Republican issue, it's not. Although the NRA's scoring system for legislators appears to be even-handed, the NRA senior leadership is blatantly pro-Republican. I think this works against them, since it's easy for the media to discount their positions as just being contrarian. Post-Sandy Hook, Wayne LaPierre came out swinging, which was (understandably) seen by many as heavy-handed and insensitive. Increased security and finding a mechanism to consider mental health in NICS are the only proposals that might actually reduce incidents like Sandy Hook/Aurora/Tucson/Columbine, but they were dismissed out-of-hand because the media don't like him. And because blaming guns and the NRA is easier, cheaper, and more politically expedient.
