This is meant to be a HISTORICAL understanding of how political parities came to be pro- or anti- second amendment and not to be political and bash individuals in either party.
So, how exactly did it come to be that the Republicans identified with being pro-second amendment, and the Democrats came to be identified as anti-second amendment, and why did that come about.
For example, see the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats
I don't think that, for the most part, that those who identified themselves as Southern Democrats, historically, were anti-firearm.
Also, I have a copy of Ken Burns' Roosevelts book, and there is a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt's handgun license. She wasn't against owning a firearm. Also, one of John F Kennedy's firearms came up for sale recently, so he owned firearms as well.
So, please stick to the topic. How did this HISTORICALLY evolve as such? Is it as simple as the Democratic Party elected to seek the urban vote, this population having little experience handling firearms and maybe mostly being scared of them as they associate them with crime; and the Republican party seeking the rural vote, where firearms are used to hunt, for recreational purposes, and to kill vermin? Is it as simple as that? Or, is there more to it than it seems, at face value.
HISTORICALLY, and presently, it would be impossible to make the blanket statement that all Republicans own guns or that Democrats never own guns.
Again, please stick to the HISTORICAL evolution of firearms rights and the political parties.
So, how exactly did it come to be that the Republicans identified with being pro-second amendment, and the Democrats came to be identified as anti-second amendment, and why did that come about.
For example, see the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats
I don't think that, for the most part, that those who identified themselves as Southern Democrats, historically, were anti-firearm.
Also, I have a copy of Ken Burns' Roosevelts book, and there is a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt's handgun license. She wasn't against owning a firearm. Also, one of John F Kennedy's firearms came up for sale recently, so he owned firearms as well.
So, please stick to the topic. How did this HISTORICALLY evolve as such? Is it as simple as the Democratic Party elected to seek the urban vote, this population having little experience handling firearms and maybe mostly being scared of them as they associate them with crime; and the Republican party seeking the rural vote, where firearms are used to hunt, for recreational purposes, and to kill vermin? Is it as simple as that? Or, is there more to it than it seems, at face value.
HISTORICALLY, and presently, it would be impossible to make the blanket statement that all Republicans own guns or that Democrats never own guns.
Again, please stick to the HISTORICAL evolution of firearms rights and the political parties.