History was the teacher in that Hitler and Stalin were successful in taking away the guns, so read up on what they're best known for. The largest reason the anti-gun crowd hasn't successfully come after your guns is because of the NRA and others like it that stand and fight for your rights to legally own a firearm. Clinton (a Dem) signed legislation that was aimed at getting "assault rifles" off the shelves and out of the streets. While intentions may have been noble, it still included guns that are characterized by many as true sporting arms. By some of its supporters' own admission, it failed miserably and was mostly ineffective.
GCA came about under Lyndon Johnson, (a Dem).
I don't think I specifically pointed fingers at the Dems, but they do produce many more anti-gun proponents than the Reps do.

911 is mostly responsible for the "lost rights" you're talking about. Too bad some of those airline passengers weren't toting, then maybe 911 would have been a day we recognize a few average Americans for doing something heroic, like blowing away a bunch of terrorists.

Get the assault weapons? Sure, I agree. But let me play the devil's advocate here. There is no obvious value to them, unless the government tries to play like King George and we need another George Washington party thrown here. As a matter of fact, I believe that if George and some of his buddies could come back to life today, they'd probably look around and then say, "Boys, I think its time for another revolution." [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

The differences in our opinions are quite obvious. The country you have grown up in is much different from the one I did.
We prayed at school. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance, leaving in "One nation, under God". Most all of the boys carried knives to school. (Gasp!!) Of course, we knew they were for whittlin' and cleaning under your fingernails. When I went off to college, my deer rifle went with me, with the blessings of the Dean of Students. No one locked their doors in our neighborhood, mainly because there was no crime. Even the crooks knew that all those unlocked doors had loaded guns behind them, with people who were prepared to use them, if need be. A strong deterrent to crime, indeed.

Argue the point all you want, but that won't change the fact that they are after the guns, all of them. As long as there are those who are sympathetic to their cause, the fight will continue. And as long as I am able, they'll have someone to fight.