Reply #217: Other than the occasional pro-gun Democrat, [View All]

[FeebMaster]

most people, Republican and Democrat alike, just ignore the whole thing. Perhaps you've heard the argument that the Democratic Party shouldn't become more pro-gun because it would be pandering to the right? How would it be pandering to the right if the right is busy passing all of the gun control they've passed?

People on the right who are pro-gun really like to ignore Republican gun control. They're pro-gun. They don't like talking about how they voted for a bunch of gun grabbers. The best they'll ever come up with is, "well it would have been worse if a Democrat had been in office." Right. The old lesser of two evils argument. Always a classic.

I've asked on a few message boards why, if the Republicans are so pro-gun, hasn't any federal gun control been repealed since they control both houses of Congress and the Presidency. My favorite response to date went something like this. "I'm sure President Bush is pro-gun, but he just has other priorities right now."