Op-Ed: Election Wasn't a Vote for Gun Control

By Lawrence G. Keane, Esq.

As the final election tallies come in, with only a few House races still yet to be determined, and the 2008 presidential race begun, a few things are clear: The 2006 midterm elections were a referendum on Iraq and the Republican leadership of Congress. It was a “thumping,” as the President acknowledged. But what they were not, as some on the far left would have you believe, was a mandate for more gun control.

With control of the Senate and House of Representatives shifting to Democrats, anti-gun zealots have claimed credit for the election results in an attempt to strengthen their political capital with new congressional leaders. Their goal is advancing the gun control agenda, including a return to a ban on some semi-automatic firearms based on cosmetic appearances (a ban which did nothing to prevent crime), an outright ban on civilian ownership of handguns, national registration and licensing. The list goes on.

Sportsmen, hunters and firearms owners may be left with a feeling of uneasiness if they read the anti-gun propaganda spewing forth from the likes of the Brady Campaign and the deceptively named American Hunters & Shooters Association. While sportsmen, hunters and gun owners must remain vigilant, the anti’s rhetoric is, as always, overheated.

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