A new gun control bill would be just another instance of GOP moderates being enticed by their liberal opponents into doing something that will undermine support from the conservative base they need if they're going to take back control of Congress this fall.
In a country where guns outnumber people, the notion that nibbling away at the edges of gun rights with measures that inconvenience law-abiding citizens, but go ignored by criminals, will solve the problem remains ludicrous.
Those facts, on which Republicans and Democrats generally agree, contradict the claims of gun rights opponents like Sen. Chris Murphy that talk of mental illness and gun violence is "Bulls**t."
What about the idea that a "Compromise" on gun control will help the GOP in upcoming elections? Liberals take it as a given that voters want more and more gun control but that Republicans' fealty to the "Gun lobby" prevents it.
Polls taken before and after the most recent incidents show that GOP voters are far less supportive of increasing gun control than Democrats are, and worry more about protecting gun rights than the never-ending search for laws that can stop mass shootings.
As Sen. John Cornyn-who had been assigned by McConnell to lead the Republicans in the gun control negotiations-learned last week when he was booed at the Texas state GOP convention, conservatives believe that on this issue the party's D.C. establishment is getting rolled by the Left.
Cooperation with the Democrats does nothing to silence the cries that the GOP is in thrall to gun nuts.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
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