Ohio Democrats Split On Whether Gun Control Can Be A Winning Issue

[shadowrider]

Despite the renewed debate over gun control since the mass murder in Aurora, Colo., Northeast Ohio Democrats are mixed on whether the issue can be a winning one for their party this Fall.

In Patch's latest survey of influential party members in Northeast Ohio, Democratic insiders were mixed on whether gun control was a battle worth fighting.

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"Gun control is bad politics in Ohio," said one insider who responded to the survey. "Only three Ohio Governors in the forty years since Kent State have been Democrats, and they all downplayed the gun-control issue. Ohio definitely sits in the gun-freedom column of states, and Democrats should not be eager to annoy this segment of voters."

Democrats surveyed were also mixed on whether pushing gun control would help or hinder the party's effort to win over vital undecided voters.

http://twinsburg.patch.com/articles/ohio-democrats-split-on-whether-gun-control-can-be-a-winning-issue

[virginia mountainman]

1. Almost the same thing could be said of most states....

But to some in our party, the sacred cow of gun control is worth loosing elections over.

[Glaug-Eldare]

2. There are some happy results of that

There'd be no Heller or McDonald decisions if the gun control fanatics had listened to their friends and not pushed the issue. Hopefully O'Malley will be the man who hands us 50-state handgun carry.

[twizzler]

3. Great

let's snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[rDigital]

4. Me & Uncle Ted Strickland (Democrat Governor).....

Shooting handguns. I'm the instructor He didn't need my help. He was a good shooter long before I was born.

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Watch out for that 3rd rail.


Gun control as a platform plank is a good way to lose an election in Ohio.