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USA Today Reinforces, Democrats are ‘Party of Gun Control’

August 16, 2018 by Dave Workman 3 Comments

Recently, The Armory published ‘Gun Control a Third Rail of Democratic Campaigns.’ The story reported on groups calling for calling for Democrats to “embrace a bolder approach to restrictions on guns.” Now, USA Today is reporting that Democrats are “flooding the airwaves” with gun control advertising in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

Pro Second Amendment protestors opposing gun control
Gun owners will come out of their lethargy to demonstrate if they feel threatened, but will they vote in November?

The report only reinforces the long-held belief that Democrats are “the party of gun control.” It might also backfire as an election strategy, bringing routinely lethargic gun owners out of their easy chairs in November to vote in order to protect their Second Amendment rights.

The midterm election will likely determine who is in charge on Capitol Hill. That translates to enabling President Donald Trump’s efforts to quietly remake the federal courts by appointing conservative judges. As noted by the Los Angeles Times, the president has been busy appointing conservatives to the courts, although he still faces the hurdle of naming judges to the most liberal court in the nation, the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. It holds authority over all the western states, and it is a hotbed of gun control activity in California, Oregon and Washington.

According to the USA Today article, “Democrats are driving the surge in advertising favoring gun control as polling shows the public generally supports stricter laws covering the sale of firearms and overwhelmingly supports expanded background checks.

“It could be a gamble,” the report adds, “given that curbing access to guns has long been considered the third rail of politics. For decades, prominent Democratic candidates, especially in battleground states, have sought to reassure voters of their support for protections under the Second Amendment for the right to bear arms.”

But is that support real, or just election cycle make-believe?

Here’s what the story also noted that should raise alarms among Second Amendment activists: “In House races – a good gauge for comparison, since they happen in every district, every two years – pro-gun-control spots this year represented about 67 percent of those with explicit messages on guns, compared to 26 percent in 2016 and 6 percent in 2014. All but one of those ads in favor of gun control this year were funded by Democrats.”

USA Today quoted Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, described as the vice president for social policy and politics at the center-left think tank, Third Way.

“Republicans are on defense on guns in most of the House races, because the suburban women who will decide those elections strongly support commonsense gun-safety laws,” she said.
But just what are those “commonsense gun safety laws?” Gun rights activists are always quick to note that most mass shooters have passed background checks, or bypassed them altogether, such as Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza and Springfield, Oregon shooter Kip Kinkel. Both murdered their parents and used guns taken from their respective homes.

If “common sense” translates to more restrictions on the rights of law-abiding citizens to buy, own and carry firearms, it’s going to be a hard sell, provided gun owners vote. If they feel threatened, past history strongly suggests that gun owners will overcome their lethargy and surprise the pollsters in November.

How do you view the gun control threat? Will you vote in the midterm elections? What will you do to ensure anti-gun politicians do not get elected? Share your answers in the comment section.


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Dave Workman is the Senior Editor at the Liberty Park Press.

Filed Under: Op-ed, Politics, Second Amendment Tagged With: Democrats, Liberty Park Press, Second Amendment

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  1. Tim Wilkins says

    August 16, 2018 at 9:48 pm

    The dems are socialist and will not stop till they take all our rights away.

    Reply
    • Walter Przybylski says

      August 20, 2018 at 10:15 am

      That’s for sure

      Reply
  2. Docduracoat says

    August 29, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    The dirty little secret is that there are lots of dems who own guns
    So taking guns away does not play well with them

    Reply

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