re: #112 dr. klys

The irony of that sentence just strikes me.

You do realize there are other issues that are consistently undermined by the constant push for more gun control, right? Marriage and workplace equality, reproductive freedom, immigration reform … all issues with real, fundamental civil rights implications.

“You want it to be one way. But it’s the other way.”
-Marlo Stanfield

re: #119 dr. klys

What makes me sad is that universal background checks on transfers is now considered gun control from the point of view of that statement.

No, not really. You can make a pretty plausible argument that mission creep is what killed background checks. By themselves they were probably doable, but instead we had Feinstein, Boomberg and a bunch of state legislatures stirring up the already irrational fears of gun nuts. And gun nuts vote.

The unfortunate truth is that when it comes to message and strategic discipline liberal Democrats are often just as dysfunctional as the national GOP. This is where we tend to score our own goals, again because we just know we’re right and allow that to trump every other rational consideration.