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It's ironic that we now have more people in poverty, fewer jobs, and gun sales have increased, meanwhile, those very same things that the democrat party claims

It's ironic that we now have more people in poverty, fewer jobs, and gun sales have increased, meanwhile, those very same things that the democrat party claims to be trying to reduce, are on the rise. They either have a secret plan, which is their true motive for decision making, or they lie to themselves claiming that the plan is pulling people out of poverty, and claiming that their gun laws are working. I can't figure it out.

hga 13y ago
Well, besides the usual hell-holes, only Colorado has really changed their gun laws for the worst in the last N years. Compare to the nationwide sweep of shall-issue concealed carry regimes starting with Florida in 1987 and ending with the court enforced one in Illinois right now (ironically enough, including Colorado, and they had to drop the law they proposed to ban them from public college campuses). Only 7-8 states are left out, although they include the large population ones of California and New York. At the judicial level, the Supremes finally acknowledged the 2nd (Heller) and 14th (McDonald) Amendments, and while this has had almost no effects "on the ground" outside of Illinois, hey, a Federal judge just granted a preliminary injunction against the Army Corps of Engineers' new total gun ban on their lands. At the national level, the "assault weapons" ban sunsetted and shows no sign of returning, you can now carry concealed in National Park land, put guns in Amtrack stowed luggage.... The sweep of shall issue regimes has had an effect on gun sales, as many people take advantage of them. But they don't explain the whole incredible increase, especially the increase in sales of rifles of military utility; heck, the last batch of military surplus inexpensive bolt action battle rifles has been exhausted.... I don't know if they claim their gun laws are "working", outside of the traditional gun owner's hell-holes; if they are, they're delusional. As for the rest, well, anyone who can read a chart notices that LBJ's "War on Poverty" ended the decline in the poverty rate. Jobs, they only emphasize the number still looking for work, not the ones including the underemployed or dropped out e.g. due to giving up trying to find a job. And we've noticed a pretty constant pattern of economic reports being adversely adjusted after first announced....

hga 13y ago

Well, besides the usual hell-holes, only Colorado has really changed their gun laws for the worst in the last N years. Compare to the nationwide sweep of shall-issue concealed carry regimes starting with Florida in 1987 and ending with the court enforced one in Illinois right now (ironically enough, including Colorado, and they had to drop the law they proposed to ban them from public college campuses). Only 7-8 states are left out, although they include the large population ones of California and New York. At the judicial level, the Supremes finally acknowledged the 2nd (Heller) and 14th (McDonald) Amendments, and while this has had almost no effects "on the ground" outside of Illinois, hey, a Federal judge just granted a preliminary injunction against the Army Corps of Engineers' new total gun ban on their lands. At the national level, the "assault weapons" ban sunsetted and shows no sign of returning, you can now carry concealed in National Park land, put guns in Amtrack stowed luggage.... The sweep of shall issue regimes has had an effect on gun sales, as many people take advantage of them. But they don't explain the whole incredible increase, especially the increase in sales of rifles of military utility; heck, the last batch of military surplus inexpensive bolt action battle rifles has been exhausted.... I don't know if they claim their gun laws are "working", outside of the traditional gun owner's hell-holes; if they are, they're delusional. As for the rest, well, anyone who can read a chart notices that LBJ's "War on Poverty" ended the decline in the poverty rate. Jobs, they only emphasize the number still looking for work, not the ones including the underemployed or dropped out e.g. due to giving up trying to find a job. And we've noticed a pretty constant pattern of economic reports being adversely adjusted after first announced....