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[billh58]

3. Like the "cold dead hands" gun

fetishist crowd, you assume that ALL gun owners are anti-gun control, and vote as a bloc. They do not, and a large percentage of American gun owners (only around 25-30% of which are self-declared Democrats) agree with the need for sensible gun control measures.

This blatant lie promoted by the NRA/ILA and the right-wing gun lobby that they speak for ALL gun owners, and that ALL gun owners subscribe to group think, is just another way of selling fear -- in this case the fear of non-existent numbers. The number of US households that own guns is falling, and has been for years. More guns are being amassed by a dwindling number of right-wing extremists, which accounts for most of the "increased sales" of lethal weapons, along with straw purchases.

As for winning over the minds and hearts of gun nuts, there is no need because they are a dying breed. The NRA, and your, misrepresentation of the goals of gun control advocates as a movement solely advocating for the banning of guns, is as reprehensible as it is patently false. Strict regulation of lethal weapons has been proven to be an effective means of reducing gun violence, and as the OP points out, the gun industry has absolutely no government oversight as do other consumer products. Your sacred Second Amendment prohibits neither regulation, nor government oversight for public safety.

And lastly, this is not a fight about "gun ownership," but rather gun usage, safety, and accountability.