Gun control has become such a polarized issue, such an idee fixe, in Big Party politics that aberrant positions on the topic can be used as a clue to a politician's motives and actions on totally non-related issues. A couple of examples:
1) Northeast Democrat Against Gun Control: This legislator probably ran as a Democrat because a GOP incumbent had things all sewed up in her district.
2) Southwestern Republican For Gun Control: Most likely up to something they're afraid will make folks mad enough to shoot when they find out about it.
Southeast liberal against gun control-
ReplyDelete"I want it soooooo baaaaaad..."
(Harold Ford Jr.)
Another possibility for the transplanted yankee liberal:
ReplyDelete"Things were ugly back home, so I moved here. Now I want to make things here more like back home."
That also works well for transplanted Californians.
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