The Truth About Democrats’ Support for Gun Control

By Robert Farago

According to gun rights advocates, Democrats support gun control because they’re statists. They believe the government should take care of citizens’ safety (as well as most everything else). They don’t want to take on the responsibility of armed self-defense, and don’t think anyone else should either (excluding the police and the military). Which s true enough but, as the investor.com poll above indicates, Democrats hold this view for another reason: they believe more guns = more crime. This despite the fact that . . .

the opposite is demonstrably true. Both individually (as evidenced by defensive gun use) and America’s falling crime rate (even as gun ownership rises to unprecedented levels).

Facts schmacts. With the disappearance of pro-gun Blue Dog Democrats, the Democratic Party has become dominated by left-leaning big city voters for decades. Thanks to racist gun control laws and cultural antipathy, these supporters have no practical experience legally and responsibly keeping and bearing firearms. All they “know” is more guns = more crime. So gun control! Because less guns means less crime! Like this:

The vast majority of Democrats think gun control makes them safer. The …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns