Just looking for input.

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598. Guns are a divisive issue for almost everyone

I started this thread as sort of an outlet for my frustrations. It's good to vent sometimes.

I've always considered both Pahu Ekapi and Kali as smart and informed folks who are generally pleasant and incisive.

ARs get a bad rap for simply being popular. A few years ago the MA Attorney General

Speaking of popular, last I checked almost 1 person in 3 in the US admits to owning a gun. Probably a majority of those folks are pro-gun to some degree. I just don't think it's sensible to do the best we can as a party to alienate maybe 20-25% of the voters. When I bring that up, all I get is excuses along with some opinions of some analysis of some exit poll, lots of excuses about why gun issues have nothing to do with lost elections.

I don't see another federal AWB. Not that an AWB would be meaningful. There was a ban in place during 1999 when the Columbine shooting occurred. For that matter, one of the weapons used in that shooting was illegally transferred to the shooters by the son of a prominent gun-control husband and wife.

Thanks for the compliment but if I was as useful as I had hoped, there wouldn't be so many broad brushes painting pictures of gun owners.

I do take anything that any politician has to say about guns with several tons of salt.
I view this quote from the movie Lord of War as a bit instructive: "The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year - sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil."
That and this from the last frames of the movie: "While private gunrunners continue to thrive, the world's biggest arms suppliers are the U.S., U.K., Russia, France, and China. They are also the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council."

Last I read the UK is currently behind Germany but you get the idea. You take care also.