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In reply to the discussion: So for the anti-gunners, what is wrong with Bill Clinton's analysis? [View all]SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)46. The Deadly Myth of Gun Control in Electoral Politics
It is hard to make a case that the assault weapons ban was decisive in 1994.
The law certainly enraged many N.R.A. members and might explain the loss of certain Democratic seats. However, there were other major factors in the Democrats 1994 loss, starting with perceived Democratic arrogance and corruption (overdrafts at the House bank came to symbolize that).
Add to that voter unhappiness with Mr. Clintons budget, his health care fiasco, the Republican Partys success in recruiting appealing candidates, and that ingenious Republican vehicle for nationalizing the elections known as the Contract With America. The contract, by the way, did not mention guns.
Mr. Clintons successful 1996 re-election campaign actually stressed his gun control achievements. James and Sarah Brady spoke in prime time at the 96 Democratic convention, and Clinton campaign ads trumpeted his role in enacting the assault weapons ban and the 93 Brady law requiring background checks for gun buyers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/opinion/09sat4.html?_r=1
The law certainly enraged many N.R.A. members and might explain the loss of certain Democratic seats. However, there were other major factors in the Democrats 1994 loss, starting with perceived Democratic arrogance and corruption (overdrafts at the House bank came to symbolize that).
Add to that voter unhappiness with Mr. Clintons budget, his health care fiasco, the Republican Partys success in recruiting appealing candidates, and that ingenious Republican vehicle for nationalizing the elections known as the Contract With America. The contract, by the way, did not mention guns.
Mr. Clintons successful 1996 re-election campaign actually stressed his gun control achievements. James and Sarah Brady spoke in prime time at the 96 Democratic convention, and Clinton campaign ads trumpeted his role in enacting the assault weapons ban and the 93 Brady law requiring background checks for gun buyers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/opinion/09sat4.html?_r=1
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So for the anti-gunners, what is wrong with Bill Clinton's analysis? [View all]
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2012
OP
Who needs Congress? Executive order and some good judges can do what's necessary.
Loudly
Sep 2012
#1
so how would you vote? . . . who would you send your $$$ to? . . . who would you make calls for?
DrDan
Sep 2012
#3
I am trying to understand but, I am sorry - I do not see the nasty tone in that post
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2012
#17
If by "nasty tone" you mean truth and uncomfortable facts, then yeah, maybe so.
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#28
The "regulation" you refer to is related to the militia, not the people when outside the militia.
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#52
Collapsible stocks? They only shorten the weapon by 4.72 inches on an M4 type rifle. That's not
rDigital
Sep 2012
#27
The Batman shooter used an M&P-15 (AR-15), a Remington 870 shotgun and a Glock 22. No AK in sight.
rDigital
Sep 2012
#37
A fixed flash-suppresor counts as part of the barrel length. (welded or pinned)
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#39
it is the Democratic Party, has been since Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans
gejohnston
Sep 2012
#18