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In reply to the discussion: Why did I do such a 180 on guns? [View all]billh58
(6,635 posts)talking point again: "I used to think it was perfectly fine for the government to do things like take away guns because I didn't like guns and I didn't want them anywhere near me."
Not one single person in a position to introduce, vote on, or debate legislation aimed at gun control has ever even mentioned taking all guns away. That is an NRA myth aimed at introducing fear of the "jack booted" government in order to bolster their membership of crazies, and attract Koch Brothers sponsorship money. The majority of DU members feel the same way.
What is happening now, after the pubic has had enough of the carnage, is that sensible gun owners, and the majority on the non-gun owning people in the USA, are calling for stricter gun control. That will include the tight control of certain rapid fire weapons, registration of all guns, and requiring background checks for all gun sales -- including private sales. The NRA and its lunatic followers will fight these initiatives with all of the money the Koch Brothers can give them, but we can, and will, beat them. The pendulum has begun to swing toward sanity about gun control.