Posted November 1, 2018 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

In the immediate aftermath of the Parkland massacre, gun control advocates jumped up on their soapboxes and declared that November’s election was going to be all about gun control. Anti-gun groups started spending money like there was no tomorrow. They were bound and determined to make this election a referendum on gun control versus gun rights.

Like most things the anti-gunners try to do, it failed.

Gun control groups are on track to outspend the National Rifle Association in federal races for the first time in years, yet even post-Parkland they’re struggling to make headway in this year’s midterm elections.

Less than one out of every 50 broadcast campaign TV ads run in federal races over the last two months has dealt with gun control, lagging far behind the big issues of health care and taxes, according to a new study by the Wesleyan Media Project.

“It’s just not getting much attention,” said Travis Ridout, a co-director of the project, which has been tracking midterm campaign ads.

After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, gun control activists vowed to force the issue into this year’s races. Students from …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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