Reply #40: Democrats could learn a lot from Brian Schweitzer [View All]

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

Gun control is an issue that costs us a ton of lost votes, and it's largely unnecessary.

When the Bush Administration issued an edict that it was going to collect information on based on book sales and library borrowing, people went completely ballistic (pardon the term) about the government snooping into our private lives. But when the government starts talking about collecting information about everybody who owns a firearm or makes a purchase of ammo, not a word from the Civil Liberties crowd.

Now before you all start making charges that I'm comparing applies to oranges, I know the difference between a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" and a 9mm Smith & Wesson. The point here is that many gun owners, especially those in rural, low-crime states, see this as an entirely unwarranted "Big Brother" intrusion on their private lives.