{"id":11411,"date":"2015-04-11T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T20:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11411"},"modified":"2015-04-11T16:09:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T20:09:12","slug":"they-never-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11411","title":{"rendered":"They never learn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have seen this many times before<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… \u201cEvery time a Democrat starts talking about guns, they lose numbers because it is the Second Amendment,\u201d said Dave \u201cMudcat\u201d Saunders<\/a>, a Democratic strategist and lifelong gun owner. \u201cHow many gun owners are there in America now? Look it up. There is a bunch of them, and anytime you start talking about guns, you are going to take from your numbers. So there is just less talk [about gun control] now than there has been in forever.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The problem here is that while Democrats aren’t talking about gun control, that does not mean they have given up on the idea.<\/p>\n

“… Gun control groups, powered by potentially tens of millions of dollars from former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg<\/a>, vow to press the issue and force candidates to take a stand …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who was the last Democrat to listen to Bloomberg?\u00a0 Governor Cuomo<\/a>.\u00a0 The result of him listening to Bloomberg effectively ended his presidential aspirations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Will Hillary<\/a> (and others) learn from this?\u00a0 I wouldn’t count on it.<\/p>\n