New York Times Editorial

I'm not holding my breath waiting for the NYT to refer to the "Abortion Lobby" one day.

Editorial

The Gun Lobby’s Loss

...The gun lobby has long intimidated politicians with its war chest and its trumpeted ability to deliver single-issue voters, especially in tight races. After this year’s election, those politicians should be far less afraid and far more willing to vote for sensible [or common-sense] gun-control laws.

The National Rifle Association directed much money and bile against Barack Obama. In false, misleading and, fortunately, ineffective ads, fliers, mailers and Web postings, the group said that Mr. Obama posed a “clear and present danger” to Second Amendment rights and that his election would mean a gun ban....

In fact, Mr. Obama has long been a supporter of the argument, disputed by this page, that the Second Amendment bestows an individual right to bear arms unrelated to raising a militia.... [Do they really believe that? Especially now that the election is over?]



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/opinion/02tue3.html?ref=opinion