Yep. Their gun grabbing is what turned me against them in the end. I had issues with a lot of things they did, but when my state started attacking guns owners (ie me) I became a Republican quicker than Saint Kyle killed that child molester.
But gun control isn't really about preventing crimes. It's just another front in the culture war. They push gun control to spite people they hate. Notice how they're bent on confiscating AR-15s when rifles as a whole (including things like bolt action rifles and repeaters) make up around 4% of all gun crime. The vast majority of gun crimes are committed with hand guns, but the panic about handguns is conspicuously absent. The Democrats aren't interested in preventing their constituents from shooting rival gang members, they just want to persecute Republican voters. Mass shootings are a pretext and the crime debate is a sideshow.
I know National Review is controversial here, but they have a really good article on this:
Yep. Their gun grabbing is what turned me against them in the end. I had issues with a lot of things they did, but when my state started attacking guns owners (ie me) I became a Republican quicker than Saint Kyle killed that child molester.
But gun control isn't really about preventing crimes. It's just another front in the culture war. They push gun control to spite people they hate. Notice how they're bent on confiscating AR-15s when rifles as a whole (including things like bolt action rifles and repeaters) make up around 4% all gun crime. The vast majority of gun crimes are committed with hand guns, but the panic about handguns is conspicuously absent. The Democrats aren't interested in preventing their constituents from shooting rival gang members, they just want to persecute Republican voters. Mass shootings are a pretext and the crime debate is a sideshow.
I know National Review is controversial here, but they have a really good article on this:
Yep. Their gun grabbing is what turned me against them in the end. I had issues with a lot of things they did, but when my state started attacking guns owners (ie me) I became a Republican quicker than Saint Kyle killed that child molester.
But gun control isn't really about preventing crimes. It's just another front in the culture war. They push gun control to spite people they hate. Notice how they're bent on confiscating AR-15s when rifles as a whole (including things like bolt action and rifles and repeaters) make up around 4% all gun crime. The vast majority of gun crimes are committed with hand guns, but the panic about handguns is conspicuously absent. The Democrats aren't interested in preventing their constituents from shooting rival gang members, they just want to persecute Republican voters. Mass shootings are a pretext and the crime debate is a sideshow.
I know National Review is controversial here, but they have a really good article on this: