Democrats Go After Gun Politics

[308Mike]

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Democrats Go After Gun Politics
Lawmakers Discuss Tapping Into The Traditionally Conservative Issue

by Bill Swindell

Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008

Stepping gingerly back into the thicket of gun politics, some Democrats are offering up a few proposals to make them less on the defensive on an issue that many claim cost former Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the presidency.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., and Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., spoke at a National Wildlife Federation briefing Wednesday afternoon, pushing efforts to expand conservation areas for hunting and fishing grounds as well as better protection of the environment for sportsmen.

"Sportsmen have been stereotyped as concerned with one issue: guns. But if you listen to sportsmen as I have over the years ... we hear a different story," said Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation.

The goal is to allow Democrats to play at least a little on the offense on an issue that party leaders will not bring up because of fear of major political repercussions to its members by the powerful National Rifle Association. Top Democrats are still reeling from NRA-led defeats in 1994 of their members who voted for the Brady Bill and legislation to ban some assault weapons. Others say the issue likely cost Gore a win in West Virginia in 2000 that would have put him in the White House.

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[randy]

I'm all for preserving hunting lands and expanding conservation programs. But just what in the hell does that have to do with firearms rights and preserving a basic human right to defend yourself?

Abso-bloody-lutely nothing, unless you're a Fudd or a clueless leftist.

This just shows they have no clue why their party got hit with that freight train in '94, and have no understanding of the basic issue.

[dfwmtx]

Bah, humbug, quatsch, and bullshit! This is from the NPR transcript of Obama's acceptance speech:

The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.

The Democrats' leadership has not learned from their failures in 1994, or from their success of the pro-gun 'Blue Dog' Democrats being elected. Repeated bills either calling for the re-authorization of the AWB or for more draconian bills prove they haven't learned, Obama selecting anti-gun Biden proves he didn't learn, anti-gun groups pounding the soapboxes after every mass-killing involving a gun prove it. The American Hunters and Shooters Association just proves they're continuing the same old bullshit under a new facade.

[mekender]

The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.

I agree!!!! Since I am not a criminal, can I get an AK without all the silly hoops of the NFA please?