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...the end game for the Left has always been a total ban on all firearms. It's just that now they're finally coming clean about it. Good video by Dinesh D'Souza.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CByjZh8xEU

Why didn't Obama and the Democrats pass legislation similar to what the Democrats are campaigning on now, when they held both houses and the WH?
They even had a filibuster proof Senate for a period of time in 2009. Why no serious gun control legislation at that time?

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I've often wondered about that.

I always figured Obama didn't want to go too far too fast. Get everybody on the Left train with free stuff and good times, then let the next Dem come after guns.

The progressives always need a crusade or two. It was suffrage, Prohibition, emancipation, and so on and so on. Always this cause or that will finally make the world a great place to live. At the emotional level for them, guns are no different. It’s a religion. The world needs fixing and someone’s got to be called to do it.

The dems figured it was Hitlerys turn to be president and no one would defeat her. They planned on having eight more years to pursue their agenda. The nation dodged a bullet and we are better off for it. We are one election away from loosing our freedom.

The powers at large in the demo party know they can't win this election. They are not going to run anyone of consequence against Trump. They are saving their big guns for 2024. Just throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks this time around.

I don't call them "progressives" because what they propose is not progress but regression.

Because they knew it would provoke deep seated hatred resulting in some recalls and would have significantly decreased zero's chance of a second term.

So, put another way: it just wasn't as important as some of their 'other' plans/ideas.

Yup.
This is not mine, I heard it on Rush a while back.

The Democrats are not problem solvers, they create problems then "Campaign" on a solution.

Their call for Gun Control, for the children, etc. pops up during every Presidential election cycle except when they are in control. It is simply campaign fodder, and to actually accomplish what they "campaigned" on would remove an emotional arrow from their campaign quiver.

This is not to say that they are not gunning for us and at some point will actually follow through with a campaign promise to confiscate, etc. But that time is not now.

If Hillary would have won in 2016, I think that would have singled "the time is now", but she didn't, so their plan has been set back years maybe decades and are forced to go back to the same old, same old tactics to keep their base happy.

I suspect they made a mistake, thinking it would hurt his reelection chances.

They won't make that mistake again!

Reelection is easy compared to first time election.

If GC would have hurt Obama's reelection how can GC help the Democrats running today?

The reason it didn't happen during Obama's reign, is --- Harry Reid-- believe it or not.

Problem is that the current crop of lefties is stuck on stupid.

As Stalin, Hitler, Mao and now Madeira all showed — first you get the power, then you take the guns.

Amen........... Take power......... Take guns. History proves that out. But they'll never make all guns vanish. They'll still be heavily armed in the name of "common sense" and "reasonableness" and for "public safety".

And it's all they have to get their base fired up about.........Or at least thats what they think.

Dems want gun control with few repercussions. If O had gone for it the midterms, reelection would have swung right. They had the Obamacare, and other things to push so left guns for later. Despite not admitting it they know guns are not a danger to the populace, and are waiting for the right time to spring