Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The claim that someone fears gun owners so much that they would flee without paying for food [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)Gun control can't get any gun laws passed, even with over $50 million a year from Bloomberg and millions more from the Joyce Foundation to work with, but keeps using the feeble excuse that the evil NRA is in control of congress.
At the same time they claim 90% of voters agree with you, but they just never seem to vote that way.
With record high gun sales for years now, violent crime still continues to drop every year to record lows. So much for the "More Guns, More Crime" meme.
And all you have to offer is more restrictions on the law abiding?
If gun control folks really cared so much about the death rate we'd hear loud demands for better mental health care, since 2/3 of all gun deaths are suicides. Instead they keep lumping them into all gun crimes to pump up the numbers.
You could also be focusing in the urban areas that account for over 80% of gun crimes and deaths.
But for gun control fans, it's far more important to ban rifles with handgrips that account for less than 270 crimes a year and for those ignorant of the more than 20,000 current laws to demand background checks that are already in place and more feel good laws that have zero impact on criminals.
Oh, it's also apparently far more important to feel, superior, condescending and rude to gun owners than to try to listen to them, reason with them and try to achieve something jointly. Until gun control gets it's head out of its nether regions, they will achieve nothing.
Face it, gun control has no infrastructure and has devolved into a failed culture war.