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25% is probably a conservative figure. You're just looking at Democrats. You have a lot of Republicans who say they support the constitution but are also willing to melt down a lot of steel. The mistake made here is thinking that gun ownership or the concept of armed self defense is a black and white issue narrowly separated by a ballot box. I know a lot of Republicans who turn their noses up at the thought of owning a gun. Don't confuse NRA support for candidates with the voters who elect them. There are other issues that they find higher on their pecking orders.

jb2012 wrote: I would have to disagree. I mean he leads the republican polls alone sometimes by more than 20% and typically goes up more every time he says something "offensive."

Very good point. But poll results are based on who is being asked the questions. On a Tuesday in November, the electorate will have been reminded umpteen times of Donald's remarks, and they may vote for Bernie or Hillary or someone else. Really now, Donald can only make spastic gestures when referring to a reporter with a handicap and then deny he did it, make remarks about Mexican rapists and then deny he said it, etc.

A public school teacher isn't going to vote for someone whose platform is the expansion of charter schools; women aren't going to vote for candidates who overtly bully women, and the Hispanic community isn't going to vote for a guy who has called them, their parents and uncles rapists.

I fear that the heirarchy within the Republican Party has no idea who their actual constituents are any more, how many people are swayable to a different position, and what it will take to redirect the moderate arm of the party so it is not lost to the opposition.

Bernie is talking to the masses and trying to get their votes. Folks on this forum are somewhat insulated and of a similar mind set with other participants, so it might not occur that a lot of folks out there do not own guns, have never owned or used guns, and see no utility nor safety in their ownership. He just needs a majority to win, so there you go. As for the Republican side of the aisle, the Donald has in the past called himself a Democrat, has in the current campaign gone out of his way to offend Hispanics, women, the gay community, the handicapped, black Americans, and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. All those people have the potential to vote and if they are worked up enough, they will. In my view this one guy has set the Party back 20 years. I don't think you need to worry about Bernie and his attitude toward firearms. It just isn't going to happen, unless of course the Donald keeps shooting himself in the foot. (no pun)