Age restrictions on gun purchases are among the most effective, most popular measures for reducing gun deaths and increasing public safety.
So of course Republicans don’t want any of that.
Next up for Republicans: probably arming daycare kids. Stop letting these people get elected. Stop letting them appoint judges.
Federal judge in Virginia rules 18-to-20-year-olds can't be prohibited from buying handguns-
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/handguns-federal-judge-second-amendment-18-to-20-year-olds-virginia/
@TonyStark why do Republicans even care this much about guns? My grandfather was hard core republican and I don’t think he would have felt this way.
@lldgirl I don’t really know. Most gun owners regardless of party are fine with things like background checks and age limits. Common sense.
It seems to me that the people at the wheel of the party have apparently decided to appeal to the real extremists. A lot of them vote because of this kind of stuff. And the people who wrongly assume they need to vote Republican for the economy or crime or the border just go along.
@TonyStark @lldgirl I think I can explain that.
When Republicans oppose common sense gun control legislation, their base doesn't really care. Much of their base *would like* that legislation, but it's not as big a deal to them as the other culture war stuff.
However, when the Democrats see this, get pissed off, and start talking about banning guns, that riles up the GOP base and gives the Republicans more sound bites to win elections off of.
It's a calculated play to get Democrats to mobilize the Republican base for them.
