Friday, August 9, 2019

Important reminder from Glenn Reynolds, Mr. President

"A cave on gun-rights could make Trump a one-termer, the way caving on taxes did for George H.W. Bush. Democrats and the media know this, which is why they’re trying to get him to cave."

2 comments:

Zardoz said...

I've been an NRA member since 1968. Yes, I'd be PO'ed if Trump encouraged or approved additional gun control legislation but the certainly doesn't mean I would pull the level (that means "vote for" for the younger crowd) for anyone else running for POTUS. Besides, all of my firearms were lost in an unfortunate boating accident a couple days ago.

Paco said...

Oh, I agree. Anybody on the Democrat side (and many potential Republican challengers) would still be a worse choice for president. But the fact remains that a major cave - e.g., agreeing to a ban on so-called assault rifles - would probably cause a fair number of people to stay home, which could make all the difference in a close election (because you know he wouldn't make up the difference among the gun-control crowd).