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In reply to the discussion: Is there any movement to repeal the second ammendment? [View all]NickB79
(19,233 posts)In the face of that kind of onslaught on their perceived rights?!? Really?
Hell, I expect the NRA's numbers and donations to EXPLODE in the next year just because of the whispers of more gun control we're already seeing due to Sandy Hook.
The main reason the NRA's numbers and income has been dropping in recent years is that the Democrats haven't thrown them any red meat to rally the troops, so to speak. There's a damn good reason Obama didn't say anything about gun control, or push new gun control measures, in his first term. It would have made his re-election much more difficult, and put many of his fellow Democrats from gun-friendly states in a very awkward position. It may sound crazy, but the NRA lives off things like this. It gives validation to their paranoid claims that Democrats are out to "come take your guns away!"
Bloomberg's finances would have a hard time competing with the bump the gun rights advocacy groups would get nationally. Look how the billions that the GOP's big guns like the Koch's and Adelson's brought to bear in the last election won them very little in return.
If the Democrats don't play this right, we might not see another Democrat win the White House in 2016 to put more SC justices in place.