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Originally Posted by HardDrive
It seems that those on the left envision American gun culture as a small, isolated group of wingnuts.
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Well there's your problem. The left sees "gun culture" as a bunch of paranoid strict constitutionalists who think any limit whatsoever on any citizen's freedom to own and carry guns threatens their ability to fight off the coming government tyranny. Case in point - the president of the Buckeye Firearms Association stated in an interview that one should not be required to show
any competence for carrying a gun. He believes it's an absolute constitutional right and can't be infringed. You can be required to take a driver's test because driving isn't a right, but there is no need to show you know one end of a gun from the other because you have a 2nd amendment right to carry one no matter how incompetent you are.
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Originally Posted by HardDrive
And they're baffled when this seemingly small group defeats their efforts repeatedly.
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It's not baffling at all. The NRA is not a small group. It is rich and powerful and owns a lot of politicians.