On Saturday, the Hill published a column on the Democrats’ precarious position of desiring to secure more gun control but knowing that pursuit of new gun laws has cost them elections in the past.
The Hill reported:
While Republicans have been criticized for an unwillingness to take even small steps to restrict access to guns in response to a national plague of mass shootings, it’s not lost on Democrats that the last time they had an extended debate and votes on ambitious gun proposals in 2013, they lost nine seats and their Senate majority in the following election.”
The Hill noted Democrats also believe voter pushback to the 1994-2004 “assault weapons” ban is part of why they lost the 2000 president election.
And here is something else to consider: ABC News noted the federal “assault weapons” ban was signed on September 8, 1994. Approximately two months later, the “GOP easily [took] control of the U.S. House and Senate, gaining 12 governorships and regaining control in 20 state legislatures,” according to History.com.
Were the Democrats resounding 1994 mid-term losses because of the “assault weapons” ban, too?
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.
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