Obama Calls For More Steps To Curb Violence, Including Gun Control

[steve2470]

5. minority opinion here, I suppose...

I'm all about winning elections. If we can't win elections, we cannot accomplish much of the progressive agenda.

"Gun control", or however you wish to phrase it, is a LOSING issue for Democrats. It simply whips the RW, NRA members, and "gun enthusiasts"/owners/etc into an angry frenzy, and we end up losing elections.

Perhaps one day there will be an overwhelming demand from the public for "gun control", but I don't see it right now. The anger and dismay over Aurora will go away and things will go back to normal.

I'm not against reasonable and logical tweaks to existing laws and strong enforcement of existing laws, but "gun control" is code for Democrats losing elections.

If President Obama loses in November, I would not be surprised if this statement was one of the reasons. I do hope I'm wrong. I desperately want him to win.