Wed Mar 20, 2013, 11:12 PM
WillyT (44,419 posts)
The N.R.A. Wins Again - TheNewYorker
THE N.R.A. WINS AGAIN
Posted by Alex Koppelman - TheNewYorker
March 20, 2013
Less than a week after Adam Lanza shot up an elementary school, it was already basically clear that an assault-weapons ban could not pass Congress—that it probably couldn’t even get through the Democratic-controlled Senate, never mind the House.
Those gun-control supporters who tend toward the glass-half-full side of things can reasonably view this as Feinstein et. al realizing that the real goal of the post-Newtown anti-gun push was a law making background checks universal—that the ban was just a sacrifice offered up to ease that law’s path through Congress—and letting any Democrats nervous about the backlash against a pro-ban vote off the hook.
More: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/03/the-nra-wins-again.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022544972Exactly.
The crazy gungrabbers see this as a defeat, but they will never be the real enemy.
The democrats with half a brain realize that getting expanded background checks is the next crucial incremental step toward their ultimate goal.
Their strategy is described precisely in the NewYorker article, even if the author is one of the crazies and doesn't believe it.
