Gun owners' intensity turns 'minority in American politics' into outsized force

[ProgSpear]

Gun owners’ intensity turns ‘minority in American politics’ into outsized force

But Kyleanne Hunter, vice president of programs at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said the study shows how gun owners can be swayed by “fear-driven” messaging.

She said gun owners noticeably increased their political activity from 2000 to 2004, the year the federal assault weapons ban lapsed.

“So it makes sense [if] there’s a big push to get to the polls to make sure that it doesn’t get reinstated,” she said. “And so I think that this really highlights how fear drives voter turnout, and emotion based on fear.”

She said the emotional energy is on her side in the wake of the intense news coverage of mass shootings that have left people afraid of being shot at school, church or a concert.

“That’s a very, very real fear, unlike some of the manufactured fear that’s being drummed up on the other side to drive people to vote,” she said.

Geez... I never realized that my fear that progressives were trying to take my rights away was a "manufactured fear". Thanks for clearing that up for me, Kyleanne.

 

[Podmonkey]

Do they really not understand that millions of American citizens see firearms ownership as the central tenant of personal liberty? Do the not understand that many of us would die for, and kill for, the preservation of that essential right?
The left will not be able to get an AWB passed without serious repercussions like the did last time around.

 

[ProgSpear]

Do they really not understand that millions of American citizens see firearms ownership as the central tenant of personal liberty? Do the not understand that many of us would die for, and kill for, the preservation of that essential right?
The left will not be able to get an AWB passed without serious repercussions like the did last time around.

Nope. They don’t understand. Indoctrination doesn’t allow for understanding.

 

[Catskillkid]

My fear isn't so much the banning and confiscation of guns. It's what comes after that and usually that involves, seizure of private property and assets, cattle cars and concentration camps. That's why I'll fight to the death for the Second Amendment.

And considering what is coming out of the mouths of politicians and legislators in the Federal government and across all 50 states...yeah, I would say anyone with similar opinions should be very afraid right now.

 

[Tinman]

The progressives can't takeover this country without disarming the citizens. That is their goal.

 

[@thewheels]

When you've been lied to your whole life and believe the country is a democracy, you think majority (mob) rule is law.
If there were only 10 gun owners in the country, the constitution still says what it says and the rights of the few shouldn't be destroyed at the whims of the masses.

I know, I know. Tough sell to the dipshits who can't list one branch of government much less anything written in the BOR.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Wonder what kind of commentary this jackass would write about the undocumented gun owners in the Chicago war zone?

 

[Shadow2]

Wrrong F word ... Its called Fact based voting. Fact ... if you don't vote, people who do not represent you will take your guns away.

 

[Catskillkid]

The progressives can't takeover this country without disarming the citizens. That is their goal.

This, in the end, is the liberal/progressive end game. They want us disarmed so that we'll be compliant and do what they want without any fear of repercussions.