…will probably backfire in a big way:
As AP already noted, this is a winning strategy for Clinton in the primary because her base has largely been sold on the idea of things like expanded background checks at the federal level and a national gun registry. (!) How they will react to actual gun confiscation from law abiding owners remains to be seen. But when it comes to the general election, Clinton has a serious storm brewing on the horizon. Regarding a ban on all semi-automatic weapons, including handguns, the public has been consistent in their response for decades. As of last year there was 73% opposition to such a ban, and 63% said that a home was safer if there was a gun in the house.
Those numbers don’t shift when there is a mass shooting. They never do in any significant way. So with all that in mind, I think we need to encourage Hillary to pick up this flag and run with it. In fact, I’m going to go on record as supporting Hillary to be the nominee for the Democrats next year. This is just what the Democrats need and I look forward to her explaining her gun confiscation plans to the public when she debates the eventual GOP nominee.
Yup. And as noted, crime rates, and particularly armed robberies, when up in Australia after the buy-back.
I can’t wait for Democrats to run on gun confiscation and socialist revolution.
The media cheering it on while saying Republicans are the crazy extremists is also entertaining, it like Bernie already won.
I know you’re not a big Saturday Night Live fan, Rand, but Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton is pretty spot on. I don’t know who is writing the Hillary jokes, but they’re top notch and McKinnon’s delivery is hilarious.
Except that after the election and then REELECTION of Obama, I no longer have full confidence in the American electorate to reject these stances! Careful what you wish for, we may get it good and hard.
That was supposed to be a reply to Wodun, if it wasn’t clear.
Ya, I know but it would be refreshing to see Democrats being honest for once. Democrats might find that their party isn’t as supportive when they aren’t being lied to and treated like useful idiots.
Gun confiscation? Lexington and Concord.
One other reason why the Aussie model (aside from the fact it made things worse there) won’t work here; over there, they had far fewer guns per capita plus gun registration (so the government knew who had them). Over here, most guns aren’t registered, and there are vastly more per capita.