"Gabrielle Giffords Gun Control Super PAC Raises $6.5 Million"

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48. That's a 42.5% ban rate.

I'll take that to the bank.

I would also like to point out my favorite part of our well-crafted SOP:

Discuss how to enact progressive gun control reform in a supportive environment. The group serves as a safe haven in which to mobilize supporters in support of measures reducing gun violence by changing laws, culture and practice at the municipal, state, and federal levels. While there is no single solution to the tragic epidemic of gun violence, members agree that more guns are not the solution to gun violence, and are expected to be supportive of the policies of progressive gun control reform organizations.

I think this is the critical part of the debate. The belief of the NRA-types is that the problem with gun violence is that the problem with society is too many bad people having too many guns and not enough good people not having enough guns everywhere all the time. We reject this viewpoint that encourages the endless and reckless infusion of guns into society. That's not pacifism, that's practicality and an honest view of history. The basic reality is that more and more lethal weapons are present in society, the more and more devastating violence is to occur, and as our SOP aptly describes, this can be posited to be a "tragic epidemic of gun violence." If I have to accept gun ownership as a fundamental right, I want to accept it in the most responsible and safe manner possible, and that means fewer guns as a guiding principal and not more.