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Originally Posted by MorganB
He says that now, but wait until after the '08 elections when the Dems control EVERYTHING.
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If nothing else, though, consider how far we've come in the past 10 years. It wasn't that long ago that some (mainstream) Dems were shrilly screaming every other week for a complete ban on private ownership of firearms. I remember seeing the disgusting dog-and-pony show that Sarah Brady put on, using her poor disabled husband Jim like he was some sort of circuit prop for the audience's pity at PSU-Behrend back in '92. (I went there with a couple of acquaintances, and every one of us came away from that meeting convinced that the antis were on the wrong side of the issue.) Now Harry Reid himself is calling for "no rush to judgment" on the issue.
Don't forget -- the Dems owe their control of Congress to people elected in '06 who are, I think, more pro-rights than the party has traditionally been.