New Hampshire-based gun rights activist Richard Feldman calls it like it is in today’s LA Times. The former NRA regional director and author of “Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist” blames both the anti-gun rhetoric of the extreme left and the anti-government rhetoric of the extreme right for hiding the reality of a broad consensus on gun rights.
The majority favors gun policy that is pro-civil rights, pro-security, and pro-keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, kids and the insane. It’s the two screaming fringes that make it hard to hear ourselves think.
Says Feldman:
The “crazy” thing about the gun debate in America is how misguided and off-base both sides of the issue are. An example from one side is The [LA] Times’ Dec. 1 editorial on the Washington state police officer shootings, “Crazy about guns”; from the other side, we have almost any fundraising appeal over the last year from the National Rifle Assn. Both sides offer little compromise on this issue, making the gun debate one of extremes. Our leaders ignore the important truths needed to formulate and articulate policy proposals that address the reality of life in America in a constructive and collaborative way.
Hard to disagree. Read the rest at the LA Times article here:America’s pointless gun fight.