Dems’ Gun Grabs Haven’t Paid Off In The Polls So Far

By Tom Knighton

Over and over again, the media has made it clear that gun control is going to be a huge part of the 2020 Democratic primaries. It’s not surprising. Democrats in Congress have been pushing for it and honestly believe it’s at least one of the issues that helped them take the House in 2018. As a result, presidential candidates are talking about it.

A lot.

Recently, former Vice President Joe Biden was the latest to announce that gun control was a top priority for his campaign.

This comes just days after he announced his own assault weapon ban, which would land your AR-15 on the NFA registry. That is, it would if you didn’t sell it to the government.

Regardless, though, Biden’s grasp is an important point in his candidacy, but not for the reason some might think.

As Biden continues his campaign surrounded by the specter of him having potentially exerted undue influence over a Ukrainian investigation into corruption involving his son, he’s dropping in the polls.

In May of this year, Real Clear Politics showed Biden as polling at 41 percent. That was lightyears beyond his next closest competitor. While that dropped a fair bit, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms