Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What The NRA's "All In" Failure Means For The Media [View all]Glaug-Eldare
(1,089 posts)Media Matters does good work when it publicizes some of the truly insane things that are said on the right. But too often, they wind up with ludicrous articles, like this one, that kill their credibility for me. What they're doing here is spinning the results of a general election and pretending that it was a referendum on gun issues. It wasn't. The fact that the NRA was unable to obtain a victory for the Republican who signed a state "assault weapons" ban over the Democrat who signed a bill permitting handgun carry in national parks doesn't strike me as a death knell for gun rights. The NRA invested relatively small amount of money in races they felt they were in danger of losing. Their concerns proved to be well-founded, as their selectees simply weren't popular enough to win. Republicans are losing for a lot of reasons, and popular support for gun control is not a significant contributor.
Simply put: Any single-issue organization can throw their resources into elections. The popularity of their issue is not a guarantee of success, and failure to win is not a sign that multi-issue voters want the kind of gun control the Bradys do.
Is that what you meant to say, glacierbay?