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Also they are not voting period. I mean even before you get to a specific issue, weighing one thing or another, etc. they have no vote at all because they are not voting.They're winning because gun owners just won't unify and vote en bloc for 2A. They're winning because most gun owners do not consider 2A to be the single issue to vote for over everything.
They're winning because gun owners would rather attack each other for not fitting their definition of "pro2A" gun owners.
They're winning because gun owners are constantly divided and having a lot of infighting. It is abundantly clear just from looking at several threads that gun owners just refuse to work together to defeat anti-2A., because gun owners by and large are independent minded and distrustful of "group think/actions".
If there was even a slightly larger turnout in OR we would not have had to deal with m114 at all. Now legislature feels like they have a mandate to shove this crap down our throats in OR. I realize they probably would try anyway but now they feel even more emboldened.
I think alex1401 said in one of the other threads it's really simple and is a matter of numbers. I agree with that and think more Rs than Ds = status quo at worst. More Ds than R = more attempts at gun control. It's really that simple right now. Therefore attempts to get more Rs to vote can be meaningful but it's got to be a serious effort and reach a lot of people otherwise two liberal counties will continue to decide everything for the whole state. My opinion anyway fwiw.