Writing in the left of center The Nation magazine, Sasha Aramsky presents a convincing case that gun control is a "Democrat Killer." Focusing on the rampant pro-gun sentiment in the West and the increasing political significance of that region, Aramsky sets forth some pragmatic arguments for Democrats to abandon their support of gun regulations. The article focuses on the political situation in New Mexico where a group of rural Democrats known as the Bull Moosers has promoted a pro-gun, pro-hunting and conservation agenda. The Bull Moosers were instrumental in pushing a concealed carry weapon law through the New Mexico Legislature which was signed by Democratic Governor Bill Richardson who has become a proponent of gun rights.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050418&c=1&s=abramsky
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http://www.constitution.org/2ll/2ndschol/104ali.htm
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of the citizen to bear arms is just one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.
—Hubert Humphrey, 1960
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