Good news at the federal level:
“… University of New Hampshire Professor of Politics, Andrew Smith, says Democrats started moving away from a strong anti-gun stance in the 90’s when many in the party blamed the issue on massive political losses in Congress … The slow political shift has frustrated some Democrats that have long fought for tougher gun laws, like New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy … “They’ve been very open about saying… ‘Carolyn, if the NRA comes against a bill, I gotta vote with the NRA.’ They’re not going to take that chance. I understand that,” said McCarthy of her Democratic colleagues. “Does it bother me? Of course, it bothers me because I’m not trying to take away anyone’s right to own a gun.” …”
At least some of the Democrats are wising up to what a political stinker gun control is. As for McCarthy, her last statement is an outright, boldfaced, bullshit lie. Her one, and only one, goal is a total prohibition on private firearms ownership that is enforced at gun point by the police. That is what her entirely political career has always been about and always will be about. She just will not say it in public. She knows what she is doing is wrong. She knows what she is doing is harmful. She does not care one bit.
Bottom line, is Pete King any different than McCarthy?
Yes. He is not a movement antigunner like McCarthy.
I checked Wikipedia. There’s no entry for “movement antigunner.”
http://www.conservapedia.com/Movement_conservative
Replace “conservative” with “antigunner.”