>Call it all the "Make Gun-Owners Safe" act, drop it in front of the republicans, tie some tax decreases to it. Try voting against that one.
Won't happen. There's too much organized resistance against gun regulation.
Besides, something like you're proposing was already tried. The EPA floated the idea of banning lead bullets, and within hours the mailing lists were circulating and the attempt was utterly and completely destroyed.
The pendulum has been swinging in the direction of less restrictive gun laws for the past 20 years or so, even many of my otherwise extremely left wing friends now own guns, and support gun rights.
Won't happen. There's too much organized resistance against gun regulation.
Besides, something like you're proposing was already tried. The EPA floated the idea of banning lead bullets, and within hours the mailing lists were circulating and the attempt was utterly and completely destroyed.
The pendulum has been swinging in the direction of less restrictive gun laws for the past 20 years or so, even many of my otherwise extremely left wing friends now own guns, and support gun rights.