Polls: 54% of Voters view NRA favorably, 56% oppose stronger anti-gun laws.

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The National Rifle Association, on the other hand, is likely to endorse whomever Republicans choose as their presidential nominee in 2012. Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters view the gun rights group favorably, including 29% with a Very Favorable opinion. The NRA is regarded unfavorably by 41%, with 25% who have a Very Unfavorable view.
 
Yet while 80% of Republicans and 53% of unaffiliated voters share a favorable opinion of the NRA, 63% of Democrats view the group unfavorably.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of the Political Class don’t care for the NRA, but 61% of Mainstream voters regard the group favorably.

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Thirty-six percent (36%) of Americans say the United States needs stricter gun control laws, but 56% don’t share that belief and oppose stronger anti-gun laws. 

--http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/july_2011/42_give_the_nea_positive_marks_54_like_the_nra

It may be fun to pretend that gun rights are a fringe issue that only the 4 million members of the NRA care about--that the majority of Americans share utopian, gun free fantasies. But that perspective, despite its emotional appeal for some, is fiction.

Strategic battle plans based in fiction only work... in fiction. Fortunately our president isn't living in a novel. He may hate gun rights, but he's said and even done many of the right things.

It's time for many of his supporters to catch up.

Taking LEADERSHIP on gun rights AND gun responsibility--like fighting straw purchasing--could make it much easier to win elections.