Anybody want to speculate on how Mass will effect gun laws?

[Tim01]

I am hearing that Obama is suggesting that dems should cooperate with the repubs more now.:eyes: Lets all just try to resist the urge to respond to that idea, and instead focus on what may happen if American politics does go in that direction.
We were doing pretty good anyway. But I would think the second amendment would be further safe from gun-hating radicals than it was. Maybe we can make some ground in favor of the constitution and our rights.

This is just PURE speculation on my part, and I am no expert at all. Please, feel free to chime in.

[TPaine7]

1. Positively.

of course it will come at a cost.

[Tim01]

2. I guess you are refering to practically every other issue? nt

[TPaine7]

6. Basically. n/t

[eqfan592]

3. Hopefully not to heavy of a cost.

One more anti-gun loon wouldn't have made much a difference in the big picture I don't think, and that same person could have helped on a variety of other issues. Sadly, that ship has sailed.

[old mark]

4. Mass has very fascistic anti-gun laws as well as anti-self defence laws,

supported by our own Ms. Coakley, their Attorney General. She is a real police state type.
Sadly, I doubt Brown will have any positive effect on Mass. State laws.

mark

[eqfan592]

5. I think one thing is for sure....

....her stance on firearms ownership and self defense likely did more harm to her than good, and to the state she serves.

[spin]

7. Hopefully, those Democrats who are in office today ...

will realize that people do get pissed off if they feel that the government doesn't consider their views important.

Pissed off people show up at the polls.

There is no practical upside to draconian gun control that would justify pissing a high percentage of the 80 million gun owners off.

[benEzra]

8. It shows that running on a let's-pass-more-gun-bans platform doesn't work ANYWHERE...

because if a vocal pro-gun-control stance while running against an NRA "A" rated opponent doesn't rake in the votes in a statewide race in Massachusetts, it's sure as hell not going to do so in Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Minnesota, or Virginia.

Other issues were the deciding factor here, but her position on gun control did not, as it turned out, endear her to independents the way some gun-control advocates suggest it would.

[X_Digger]

9. Meh.. it's a wash to me..

Since this was a special election just to fill Teddy's seat, it doesn't affect state politics. The pro-2a contingent in congress isn't in danger of tipping the other way, so while I welcome another 'pro' vote on this issue, I don't think it'll have a national effect at all. I'd must rather seen another pro-Health-Care-Reform vote, honestly, regardless of the candidate's stance on gun control.

[eqfan592]

10. Agreed. (nt)