Nightline on Obama, gun control

[unixronin]

Nightline broadcast a good and pretty balanced segment last night, discussing Barak Obama's gun control position and the massive gun buying rush that's going on across the US now by people concerned that if they don't buy them now, they won't be able to.

Particular points to note:

• The customer who keeps repeating to the reporter, "Never mind Obama's words, look at his actions."¹
• The gunshop owner reporting Obama supporters coming into his store wearing their Obama buttons, who just voted for him but are still afraid he'll ban guns.

[1]  You might have seen me say this once or twice.  Assuming you've been paying attention.

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I would like to think that he's not that stupid. I would like to think that the Democratic Party can learn from experience and realize that gun control is unpopular with a greater number of people than it is popular with. (Pretty much the same as, say, gay marriage, actually.)

However, so far the Democratic Party has disappointed me at almost every turn. I've never been a huge fan of the Republican Party either, but it wasn't until Bush, Cheney and Rove that they managed to sink to the Democrats' level of sheer suck.