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Pro-Gunners Speak Out at Huffington Post

Brady Bunch president Paul Helmke has a post at Huffington Post about gun control and says:

I've been involved with politics all my life, served as Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana for twelve years, been the Republican nominee for United States Senator in Indiana, and now, after four months as head of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, I'm at a loss why some pundits and elected officials consider common sense measures to reduce gun violence as "wedge issues" too controversial to be considered by the new Congress.

Amid all the pro and con arguments there are some important grains of truth that go to the heart of any Democrat agenda:

"Please, Democrats, leave this dead horse buried. Besides being a death wish issue, the Dems need to get rid of laws against things, not add to the Repubs litany of your under arrest laws." --sck

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"The reality is gun control is really people control. In NJ my former home State a certain legislator authored the smart gun legislation, when I spoke with her I said while your at trying to make NJ safer, why not sponsor shall issue legislation for concealed carry, so I can defend my self if need be from armed thugs that roam the streets;

"She replied, 'I suggest you give them whatever they ask, and really think about it, they are doing that because they are VICTIMS OF SOCIETY!...'

"I say to you Mr. Helmke, you gun banners have zero credibilty with me." --tortoise

Anyway, it's encouraging to see that many on such a liberal site recognize that the Dems didn't win -- as Helmke suggests -- because of a desire for gun control but rather because the Republicans didn't deserve to win, they lost on a host of non-related issues.