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In reply to the discussion: Democrats would lose the Senate in 2014 if a serious gun ban were proposed. [View all]unblock
(52,196 posts)not clear how the politics will play out.
if this plays out with the usual mourning and grandstanding and lip service and hollow gestures and faux introspection, then yeah, i'd still agree with you.
this time feels different. sure, perhaps my perspective is warped because this happened in my backyard. just 15 miles away. it could have been my kindergartner, it could have been his school. still, perhaps this time enough people might demand that congress do something.
then the question is, what? i can't see an actual "ban" in the cards (i don't think this would ever pass, let alone actually work); just more restrictions on getting guns and more penalties for negligence or illegal use of guns. of course, opponents will call that a "ban" anyways.
so then it becomes a matter of how the senators you list can sell it back home.
i think the jury's still out.