Reply #16: OK, here you go [View All]

[MadHound]

<http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/04/12/poll.guns/>
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<http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm>
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<http://www.bmsg.org/content/EDK_gun_paper.pdf>
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<http://www.saf.org/pub/rkba/hindsight/HS042000.htm>
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<http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/042100/nat_poll.shtml>
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And while you like to point out that 75% of union households own guns, let me point out that only forty two percent of ALL households own guns <http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/5-3-00askeds.html>. So are you proposing that this country be held hostage by the minority of gun owners, or the even smaller minority of people who don't want gun control? That is mighty undemocratic of you there pal.

You may personally dislike it, but gun control is an issue that resonates with the vast majority of people in this country, including gun owners themselves. We should not have our public policy held hostage by special interest groups like the NRA and the gun manufacturers. Instead we should proudly and loudly advocate for those issues that the MAJORITY of people in this country are in favor of. That is the way democracy works.