CCRKBA to Hillary: ‘Thanks for energizing gun owners’

[branford]

18. Ahh,... now you are the arbiter of who is a "real Democrat."

Could you kindly indicate when you were elected to such a exalted position?

In any event, regardless of the reasons, firearms are a big electoral loser for Democrats in the modern era. Clinton himself blames his loss of Congress (and the election loss of the Speaker of the House!) on the ultimately totally ineffective Assault Weapons ban, Al Gore's loss in his home state of Tennessee was widely attributed due to his stance on guns, and recent federal and state elections have been a windfall for gun rights activists.

A Google search concerning elections and guns reveals nothing but post after post about the joy of gun rights proponents and excuses by gun rights supports for their failures.

The NRA is an organization of only 5 million members and relatively modest financial means, despite the "fear mongering" by people like yourself. That's the reason why Bloomberg and his allies outspent the opposition in the CO recall election by about 6 to 1, and yet still lost. Besides their pet billionaire, gun control supporters have numerous financiers, celebrities and political muscle at their disposal. However, what they cannot match is the 75-90 million non-NRA gun owners, as well as their supporters, who will dutifully and angrily vote to support gun rights.

Congratulations, thanks in large part at efforts at gun control, Congress, statehouse and governorships now contain a higher percentage of your "real" Democrats, but Republicans control the Senate and maintain a larger majority in the House and control of more state governments than in generations past.