A Profile of Gun Owners

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16. The assumption that ALL

Democratic gun owners are in lock-step with the Second Amendment absolutist crowd is prevalent among the very vocal "cold dead hands" gunner minority. Most Americans are focused on the economy, war, taxes, etc., while "gun rights" come in very low on the list of things to be concerned about. We lost control of the Senate because voter turn out is always low for mid-terms, and the Republicans did a better job at getting their people to the polls.

Of course, the right-wingers make a big issue out of the possibility that we mean old Democrats will confiscate their precious guns, because that places the fear of Liberals into the weak minds of Teabillies. Hence the lies, half-truths, and misinformation machine that was started (very successfully) by the NRA and people like Larry Pratt, and is being expanded upon by the right-wing gun lobby and those who fall for the ploy.

Although the NRA and Koch Brothers-funded gun lobby was unopposed for decades, the new wave of Gun Control organizations is making progress into reversing the damage of lax gun control laws and the enforcement of existing laws. The American public is growing very weary of threatening statements like "we came unarmed -- this time."