Gun Rights — Nothing to fear under Obama?
In this story at Reason, an argument is made that while Obama, and Holder (the soon to be new attorney general) LOATH citizens owning guns, they aren’t going to be too quick in trying to put through new draconian anti-gun legislation (ala the “assault rifle ban”).
Why? The argument is that Democrat strategists think that Democrats lost control of the legislature back in 1994 because the assault rifle ban was so unpopular. Remembering that while the legislature is currently controlled, it is stil close to 50/50 — next election, it would be VERY easy to watch the tides tur — something the Democrats wish to avoid.
So, nothing to fear? Hardly. Fear Holder and the pressures that he can bring on the industry — but as far as new legislation, it will probably be untouched.
We shall see…
[...] to what we may have previously suggested, it looks like our new Attorney General, Eric Holder, will be actively seeking to reinstate the [...]
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