On the heels of San Francisco's handgun ban...

... comes this bill in the Florida legislature intended to ban assault weapons. I'm not sure what it's chances of passage are; in 2004 Florida was more "red" than in 2000 (where the closeness of the election became famous), and Florida was among the leaders in shall-issue concealed-carry, but unfortunately banning assault weapons remains an issue on which the public is readily misled.

I think the efforts in San Francisco and now in Florida represent the Democrats deciding that they can't convince gun owners to vote for them. It's exactly the wrong lesson to take from Kerry's loss. Kerry lost because he couldn't conceal his liberal voting record, including his record on gun control. Removing any effort at concealment is not going to improve the situation for them.

Gun owners are smart; we will know if you are peddling a pack of lies. The Democrats need to have an honest conversion on the gun control issue if they want to court the gun vote.

Posted on 2004-12-21 10:24:40.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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