Looks like, unless the really unexpected/unforeseen comes to pass that the Democratic nominee for president well be either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama. Re this, the following comes to mind, the records, statements and positions taken by the above mentioned re guns, gun control and gun rights, if you will BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS. In my view, respecting the above mentioned persons, the picture is a whole lot less than encouraging.
We then come to the "other party", the Republicans, where we have Senator McCain, Governors Romney and Huckabee. Senator McCain has long championed closure of "the gun show loophole", the exact nature of which he has yet to explain, in-so-far as I'm aware. Governor Romney was earlier described by The Boston Globe as "having shot himself in the foot with a gun he doesn't even own". Though he claims to have been a lifelong hunter, he supposedly has never held a hunting license. On the other hand, he has recently stated that were he elected to the presidency, he would veto any gun control legislation that got to his desk. Can we believe the governor? Who knows. As to Governor Huckabee, he appears to play the role of spoiler, though I suppose he should not yet be written off, as a potential nominee. Personally, I doubt that he is viable, but who knows.
What it all boils down to is the following, in my perhaps jaundiced view. Re potential presidential nominees, looks like the picture ranges from dim to dark. Does Ron Paul have the proverbial "chinamans chance", I don't know. Of course, there is always the following. In this country, it's Congress (House and Senate) that enacts legislation, though the president most certainly has some influence in/on and or with regard to the process. In any event, for those who often offer, re their not bothering to vote "my vote doesn't count", they might want to rethink that view, or possibly they should long since have rethought it.
We then come to the "other party", the Republicans, where we have Senator McCain, Governors Romney and Huckabee. Senator McCain has long championed closure of "the gun show loophole", the exact nature of which he has yet to explain, in-so-far as I'm aware. Governor Romney was earlier described by The Boston Globe as "having shot himself in the foot with a gun he doesn't even own". Though he claims to have been a lifelong hunter, he supposedly has never held a hunting license. On the other hand, he has recently stated that were he elected to the presidency, he would veto any gun control legislation that got to his desk. Can we believe the governor? Who knows. As to Governor Huckabee, he appears to play the role of spoiler, though I suppose he should not yet be written off, as a potential nominee. Personally, I doubt that he is viable, but who knows.
What it all boils down to is the following, in my perhaps jaundiced view. Re potential presidential nominees, looks like the picture ranges from dim to dark. Does Ron Paul have the proverbial "chinamans chance", I don't know. Of course, there is always the following. In this country, it's Congress (House and Senate) that enacts legislation, though the president most certainly has some influence in/on and or with regard to the process. In any event, for those who often offer, re their not bothering to vote "my vote doesn't count", they might want to rethink that view, or possibly they should long since have rethought it.
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