What's wrong with gun-"control"? [View all]

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More specifically, what's wrong with our party's ideas for new gun laws? There's been some debate on the degree of (negative) influence the gun topic had on the last election. As of the 5th of November the "too close to call" battleground states were:
Nevada 6
Arizona 11
Iowa 6
Florida 29
Georgia 16
North Carolina 15
Ohio 18
Michigan 16
New Hampshire 4
Of those 121 electoral votes HRC got 10. Florida, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina are states where a lot of square miles are places where guns are are popular. Arizona did away with laws mandating a permit to carry concealed and the others all have "shall-issue" policies for CCW. Those 4 states count for 71 electoral votes. You can maybe say that none of those states are overwhelmingly pro-gun but can you say that they ALL favor a ban on assault weapons as the party platform states?

I maintain that an assault weapon ban is a well known convenient target for Republican candidates. Just as guns are the single most often chosen and efficacious means killing, an AWB is the most easily and widely understood simple way to attack a Democratic candidate. The AR-15 is the most popular sold by dealers today and less than 3% of all murders are committed with any kind of rifle at all. AR-15s probably account for less than 1%.

Are you okay with everything else remaining the same and the party dropping an AWB from the platform?

27 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, if a state wants an AWB fine but drop the idea from consideration as a federal law
	23 (85%)
	No, passing a federal AWB is part of what it means to be a Democrat
	4 (15%)
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