Anyone reconsidering their position on this issue in light of recent events?
Which would be what? You think me having a gun is going to do a goddamn thing about getting Turmp out of office? You think that if the military does his wishes that me having a gun is going to accomplish anything? But you know what? If we'd had rational gun control before this, we wouldn't be worried that a bunch of Turmp supporters might try and enable a coup.
That thinking is in line with the person on here that tried to call people discussing gun control rapists, because a female friend of his that he claimed had been assaulted got into guns as a means of self defense, despite the fact that guns are actually used to enable rape far more than to prevent it.
And if you really think giving up on gun control is going to get the gun nuts on your side you're fucking delusional as Turmp is.
I agree with the OP. Hell I'm more liberal than most and I cringe a bit when I hear some of my state reps con control rhetoric.
Dems don't need to completely abandon gun laws, but they need to adopt ole Clinton's abortion line "Safe, rare, and legal".
- Back off the bans and silly limitations (Magazine capacity, semi-auto bans, demonization of the Ar-15 platform).
-Back off the confiscation laws (guns removed if owner is reported)
-Focus on licensing, safe use, and proper maintenance training.
-Focus on proper storage and handling (gun lockers to store weapons).
As was mentioned, this is an issue a lot of Liberals/Moderates split with the party but vote for them in spite of it (anecdotal), while it is a single issue for many voters that lean right.
Lotta ways to skin this cat too beyond legislation. Use the Ad Council to do PSA's and the like,reassure people that the goal is keeping them safe,not taking their guns.
Con control?
Er...you realize that was actually an incredibly fucked thing to say about abortion, right? It essentially was saying "we want it to be legal, but not really so that its rare". I hope you also realize that fundamentally does not work with the vocal gun nuts that are the reason, despite overwhelming support for more gun control, are preventing anything being done, right?
I hope you realize how all of those things came about. Police wanted the magazine capacity and fire rate based bans. The Democrats didn't demonize the AR-15, they merely responded to how it was fetishized by gun nuts due to its similarities to military gear (which was intentional, and started because that's how gun makers marketed it).
Uh, so you're saying that abusers shouldn't have their guns confiscated and instead just have to take a gun safety course? Its not like guns get confiscated for no good reason. Frankly this is probably the single most absurd thing you are pushing for. And in my experience, is totally opposite of what everyone but gun nuts support. Further, there's been multiple situations where that not being done enabled murders. If I'm not mistaken the family of the guy that shotup the Florida high school begged the police to take his guns and they wouldn't. And there's quite a few domestic violence cases that ended in murder because there either weren't laws or weren't used to take guns away from the abuser.
You do realize that gun companies (and gun nuts) are not in favor of that, right? I actually had to outright laugh at your maintenance mention as that's basically not the cause of what any of the gun deaths that people are actually concerned about.
Ditto.
Who mentioned it and where is the data? Oh, so its just you claiming it? Because my anecdotes doesn't jive with that at all.
Hell, the Democrats could do a complete turn and say they're going to give every American citizen a fully auto M-16 for free and 1000 rounds of ammo, and if you think that's going to change how any of the gun nuts will vote I don't know what to tell you. It would sure as shit get a lot of people to stop voting for Democrats though, but even them going "no guns are fine, we don't care any more, just be safe and don't shoot other people haha" would have largely the same affect. Americans by and large support stricter gun control. I think you guys are grossly overstating the impact that would have.