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Tex:
About the only thing I agree with in your post is that without the NRA, we'd be having this discussion as purely an academic exercise; none of us would own guns. However, to the extent you argue that overall we are not better of with Republicans, I respectfully disagree.

On the grand scale, Republicans support the Second Amendment much better than Democrats. That's precisely why some Texas Democrats created a new organization "Democrats for the Second Amendment" or some such name. They want to encourage their fellow Democrats to reject the liberal wing of the party's call for more gun control. I applaud their efforts!

Look at the list of "A+" rated Senators and Congressmen on the national level and you'll see that the majority are Republicans. Here in Texas, we are blessed with many very good Democrats. However, even in Texas, every "D" and "F" rated member of the U.S. House, as well as Texas Senators and Texas House Members are Democrats and all but two of those with "C" ratings are Democrats. These are facts based upon voting records and questionnaires.

I am not arguing that gun owners should blindly support Republicans and reject Democrats. A lot of allegedly "blue dog" Democrats have been elected in the last two elections, but only time will tell if they will vote their commitments to gun owners when they face extreme pressure from the liberal leadership of the Democrat Party. I hope they do, not only because I don't want us to lose ground, but because I would love to see guns become a non-issue because both parties are afraid to support gun control. I would prefer that Republicans and Democrats support the Second Amendment because they truly feel that way, but if they only support it out of fear of being defeated at the polls, then that's good enough.

Chas.

Russell wrote:Great into Tex! But you may want to edit your post to meet the 10 year old daughter rule before a moderator does it for you Trust me, they will (I've slipped up a few times)

I just did.

Chas.