Morse and Giron out-fundraised the recall proponents by nearly 6 to 1

[Recursion]

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24046748/outside-money-shows-national-interest-colorado-recall-elections

FOR RECALL

Total raised: $540,000

Itemized donations in Colorado: $147,000

Itemized donations outside of Colorado: $368,000

Some top donors

•NRA: $360,000

•I Am Created Equal: $56,800

•Colorado Citizens Protecting Our Constitution: $29,800

•Victor Head, Pueblo resident: $5,800

•Dianna Harris, Colorado Springs resident: $4,500

AGAINST RECALL

Total raised: $3 million

Itemized donations in Colorado: $1.5 million

Itemized donations outside of Colorado: $1.5 million

Some top donors

•Taxpayers for Responsible Democracy: $620,000

•Michael Bloomberg: $350,000

•DLCC Unincorporated Individual Acct: $300,000

•Eli Broad: $250,000

•Mainstream Colorado: $211,800

Gun control may not work for us electorally like the national polls tell us it does...

[napi21]

1. Well, you can't blame money for this recall. I guess we need to

blame the people against the recall just didn't show up and vote! Why else did they lose?

[Recursion]

2. My own theory is that gun control support is a mile wide and an inch deep

There's a large percentage of the country that supports gun control in general terms, but
A: doesn't really care all that much about it, whereas people who oppose it care very strongly, and
B: are easily turned off by the specifics of some legislation

It's not my issue, personally (I'm kind of vaguely skeptical of gun control in general) but if we're going to take an electoral hit for it I'd like it to at least be for good laws. At least Colorado's laws make some sense to me, so that's something.

[sandalwood]

3. Money doesn't trump anger

While both sides campaigned vigorously, knocking on doors, holding rallies and driving voters to the polls, gun-control advocates far outspent their opponents. A range of philanthropists, liberal political groups, unions and activists raised a total of $3 million to defend Mr. Morse and Ms. Giron. Mr. Bloomberg personally gave $350,000.

It was not enough to help Mr. Morse overcome the conservative outrage that erupted this winter as Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse passed several gun laws over near-unanimous opposition from Republicans and Second Amendment advocates. Among other things, the new laws require background checks for private gun sales and limit ammunition magazines to 15 rounds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/us/colorado-lawmaker-concedes-defeat-in-recall-over-gun-law.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[otohara]

4. They Don't Want ANY Gun Laws

none - they don't care how many people die by their WMD's.

[golfguru]

6. When I am on business travel

I feel secure knowing my wife knows how to use her handgun for self-defense. In case of an intruder, she won't have to wait 15 minutes for cops to respond.

[otohara]

7. I'm A Wife

5 ft and disabled too boot...hobble around in my brace. My husband works late, late, late every night and somehow we've managed to make it to 60. I could just see me trying to get my gun - but first I'd have to put on my brace.

Having a gun in the house increases suicides (especially teens), murder/suicides, unintentional shootings/deaths, on and on and on.

My neighbor's ex took their only son and blew their brains out, she's still not doing well. Another former neighbor had two boys my son used to play with. One day I went down to the house - the mom left them alone and the boys got brought out the guns. I peeked in the window to see why they weren't answering the door - they were scurrying to re-hide the guns in their useless hiding place. When I was a teenager a friend was accidentally killed by a gun.

No thanks - I never want to hold a gun much less shoot it. I will continue to be cautious, lock the doors/windows. I'm more afraid of going out knowing there are so many concealed carriers.

[golfguru]

8. You are absolutely and most certainly

entitled to live your life how you want. Guns in the house without secure lockup are not a good idea with young kids or mentally unstable persons around.

In our case it is just me and the wife, both in 60's,
and we have a dog with extra sensitive hearing. She can hear a pin drop on the porch. She can differentiate between the footsteps of my daughter when she visits and any other person about to ring the door bell. She begins growling even before the bell rings. In our house a handgun is never a problem. It will most likely never get fired outside of practice range. It just gives us an extra layer of secure feeling. I hope we will never be restricted by the government in owning guns.

[An_enlightened_soul]

10. Question

Is a 5-shot, .38 special revolver a WMD? It makes for a great every-day carry piece.

[napi21]

5. But those aree the 2 things almost every state was fighting for.

I'm a gun owner, so is my hubby. We have quite a few guns which we keep locked in a safe. He's even a member of the NRA (bought a life membership almost 50 years ago). We both support universal background checks and limiting mag. capacity.

I wonder if there's a way to find out if it really was that too few gun safety advocates just stayed home, for whatever reason.

[wild bird]

9. Morse also pissed off the MJ advocates with his 15% retail tax on dispensaries. nt.