Should Democrats drop gun control?

[Mr. Reactionary]

Actively trying to gut the bill of rights is not good optics, especially when your party claims to be "prochoice" or "socially liberal". Even more so when a few of the more vocal SJW kooks are promoting the idea that the mere existence of certain ideas are "violence" that must be stamped out.

[Santander]

[Mr. Reactionary]

If we ban guns, how will the proletariat overthrow the capitalist oppressors?

[7,052,770]

Obama did, so yes.

Lol he pushed a gun control bill after Sandy Hook. One of the worst political errors of his Presidency.

I mean, he pushed a bill that would make 100% of gun sales subject to a background check rather than 98%. And over 90% of Americans supported him.

How Democrats never capitalized on how outlandishly extreme Republicans were on Manchin-Toomey is beyond me.

[tschandler]

Because it's​ a non-existent problem.  There is no such thing as a gun show loophole.  Manchin Toomey was a defacto person to person transfer ban.  And it had a Feinatein added Assault Weapons ban amendment as well.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I always feel the Democrats should compromise on this issue. Pass some sort of universal background checks for guns + ammo + microstamping (the three policies, according to Lancet, that would cause a significant decrease in gun deaths), and in return pass a law that guts the various half-hearted magazine restrictions etc passed at a state level, speeds up UBC's so they don't inconvenience people and various other odds and ends. Always seems a waste of time for me going after rifle owners - who the hell commits crimes (spree killers aside) with rifles?

[Kingpoleon]

I always feel the Democrats should compromise on this issue. Pass some sort of universal background checks for guns + ammo + microstamping (the three policies, according to Lancet, that would cause a significant decrease in gun deaths), and in return pass a law that guts the various half-hearted magazine restrictions etc passed at a state level, speeds up UBC's so they don't inconvenience people and various other odds and ends. Always seems a waste of time for me going after rifle owners - who the hell commits crimes (spree killers aside) with rifles?

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[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

If the Dems couldn't get it passed after Sandy Hook it ain't happening.  It might sound good on the campaign trail but in reality there's no way.