Robert, please understand I've been one of your 743 fans for a very long time and I'm in tune with your style. :-)
I come at this stuff from the perspective of a former elected official who managed zoning ordinances, police, etc. So maybe that bends my lens a little. The loudest performer in the circus that was frequently our public meetings was the local gun lover. His performances usually centered on irrational and unreasonable verbal defec@tion.
There are many 'standard' laws that involve guns in PA. For example, there are common setbacks from neighbor homes from which you can shoot guns. So there are surely plenty of similar, common sense laws that can be enacted to help improve overall safety. Unfortunately, those laws don't really help prevent massacres of innocent citizens.
My point was just the expression of the depressing reality that my old buddy from open meetings and his ilk will sell half their possessions and donate it to the NRA in order to defeat any newly proposed controls. They won't tolerate 'momentum.' And they're not all that in touch with reality when discussing the topic as I'm sure you're well aware.
Also, the NRA is like the ACLU - they don't care how popular they are, they're going to do what they think is right. And if fewer politicians are taking their donations, it leaves more to spend on lawyers.
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