does anyone vote anti-gun?

[Rem700SD]

Has a candidate ever won a state or national election by promising to ban all guns? I know anti-gun polititions win elections, but has being anti 2A ever been a winning issue? i.e. was that why they won? I know being anti gun has cost many polititions their offices.
This makes me wonder why polititions are so afraid of being openly pro-2A, a la our current POTUS. Comments?

 

[Gordon Fink]

If you think our current President is openly pro-RKBA, you are sorely mistaken.

~G. Fink

 

[Rem700SD]

As I stated in the post, I DON'T think he's openly pro RKBA! That's the issue I'm hoping to address here. What's the advantage in NOT being openly pro gun?

 

[Gordon Fink]

Okay. I misunderstood you.

~G. Fink

 

[Kim]

Money and ideology.

 

[antsi]

If you think our current President is openly pro-RKBA, you are sorely mistaken.

~G. Fink

Putting oneself solidly at one end of the spectrum on any issue is usually bad politics because it alienates the folks at the other end of the spectrum. The name of the game in politics is to look for that position that gets you marginally more support than your opponent. That usually means staking out ground somewhere between the two poles.

 

[bogie]

Okay. Our current bozo in chief ain't perfect. What if the other guy had been elected bozo in chief?

 

[Rem700SD]

I'm not trashing the prez here. I guess the question should be this; We have 80 million gun owners in this country, give or take. Are there 80 million ppl in this country that want to ban all guns, and vote with that as their primary issue?

 

[bjbarron]

Don't know for sure, but some of the more progressive contests in California had 'anti' as fairly important campaign points. In the recent New Jersey elections both candidates mentioned that they were antis and that was the end of it.

I expect that there are relatively few that vote 2A as a primary. I've read that only 4 Million vote religious-right as a primary, gun owners have to be a much smaller number.

 

[ReadyontheRight]

Okay. Our current bozo in chief ain't perfect. What if the other guy had been elected bozo in chief?

Ding Ding Ding! Good one Bogie!

GWB DOES seem to have some folks around him that are pro-RKBA - like Rice and Ashcroft. Unfortunately, it seems some of his picks have moved further left on this issue.

 

[Rumpled]

Both PRK Senators are as openly anti as you can get.
Does the phrase"turn them all in" ring a bell?

 

[1911JMB]

To quote Tim Russert on the today show talking about gun bans effecting voters "Those who favor gun control would prefer these measures to be in place, but they won't do too much about it. Those who are againsed these measures will absolutely cross party lines for this one issue." I have also seen him admit that gun rights cost Kerry the election.

 

[boofus]

Kerry lost the popular vote by 4 million votes. Guess how many NRA members there are approx?

Poetic justice if you ask me.

 

[Lone_Gunman]

GWB DOES seem to have some folks around him that are pro-RKBA - like Rice and Ashcroft

Newsflash.... Ashcroft is no longer Attorney General. The Attorney General is now Gonzalez, who supports renewal of the AWB (like our President).

 

[ArmedBear]

Newsflash.... Ashcroft is no longer Attorney General. The Attorney General is now Gonzalez, who supports renewal of the AWB (like our President).

Gonzalez is an embarrassing affirmative-action hire.

I've never heard a peep from him that I could support.

Furthermore, Bush knows it. That's why Gonzalez' name didn't show up in the SCOTUS nomination short list, even when Harriet Miers' did.

 

[wingnutx]

I'm not trashing the prez here. I guess the question should be this; We have 80 million gun owners in this country, give or take. Are there 80 million ppl in this country that want to ban all guns, and vote with that as their primary issue?

More than a few of those 80 million gun owners actually support a lot of gun control. Hunters who don't like handguns, for instance.

 

[ArmedBear]

More than a few of those 80 million gun owners actually support a lot of gun control. Hunters who don't like handguns, for instance.

Interesting how anti-gun legislation can bring them into the fold (when it's too late).

I've met few if any California hunters who weren't also VERY pro-gun across the board.

 

[ReadyontheRight]

Newsflash.... Ashcroft is no longer Attorney General. The Attorney General is now Gonzalez, who supports renewal of the AWB (like our President).

Yes -- I realize that. Hence the second part of my post and my agreement with Bogie.

As far as I know, Gonzalez has not invaded any compounds for firearms violations yet though.

 

[Flyboy]

What if the other guy had been elected bozo in chief?

Congressional Republicans would have had an incentive to act like Republicans?