Tell me again who is leading on gun control?
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At this point I think the gun lobby is not as powerful as it once was and is simply used as a boogeyman to explain away failure to pass legislation.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Sarah Isgur made an excellent point about this subject on the Advisory Opinions Podcast she hosts with David French (thanks for the tip, @jon-nyc ). She really thinks the ultimate answer to the gun-control issue (as well as many other critical stumbling blocks) is the partisan primaries. She pointed to Alaska's new non-partisan primary as an example of a system that can reduce the power of many partisan lobby groups and organizations and can actually allow progress to be made. https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_elections_in_Alaska
The Brad
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Of course, it works SO WELL in Portland.
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Sarah Isgur made an excellent point about this subject on the Advisory Opinions Podcast she hosts with David French (thanks for the tip, @jon-nyc ). She really thinks the ultimate answer to the gun-control issue (as well as many other critical stumbling blocks) is the partisan primaries. She pointed to Alaska's new non-partisan primary as an example of a system that can reduce the power of many partisan lobby groups and organizations and can actually allow progress to be made. https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_elections_in_Alaska
@LuFins-Dad said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
Sarah Isgur made an excellent point about this subject on the Advisory Opinions Podcast she hosts with David French (thanks for the tip, @jon-nyc ). She really thinks the ultimate answer to the gun-control issue (as well as many other critical stumbling blocks) is the partisan primaries. She pointed to Alaska's new non-partisan primary as an example of a system that can reduce the power of many partisan lobby groups and organizations and can actually allow progress to be made. https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_elections_in_Alaska
We had jungle primaries for many years. It does keep down the radicals. It's also very good at squashing original thought or grass root movements.
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At this point I think the gun lobby is not as powerful as it once was and is simply used as a boogeyman to explain away failure to pass legislation.
@Mik said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
At this point I think the gun lobby is not as powerful as it once was
It is almost dead.
It's lobbying budget is maybe 1% of big tech.
The NRA could be bankrupt soon.
The hang wringing about the powerful gun lobby is a lie, or maybe just plain ignorance. But it still sells to some audiences.
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Apparently, Ohio is considering it.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@jon-nyc said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
I think it is fair to consider partisan primaries as a failed experiment.
And perhaps one that continues to fail worse each year. Let's remember how close we were to a Sanders dem nominee, and of course let's remember the plurality path of Trump in 2016.
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Apparently, Ohio is considering it.
@Mik said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
Apparently, Ohio is considering it.
Arming more school staff (by lowering firearm training standard for school staff even lower) — is this what you call “leading on gun control”?
