OMG! Another mass shooting that was committed by a woman?

Seriously, we have two problems: Guns, and men.

The party of thugs, aka the GOP, won't allow us to talk about these two.  Definitely not about guns.

Consider this chart from Pew Research:

Pew notes:

 As recently as 2007, 48% of Republicans and GOP leaners said it was more important to control gun ownership, while 47% said it was more important to protect gun rights.

That's a good chunk of the GOP, along with an overwhelming majority of the rest, in favor of controlling gun ownership.  Until 2007.

So, was there anything in particular that happened in 2008 for the GOP folks to become nutcase defenders of gun rights?  Think about 2008. Something dramatic happened in the country, remember?

In 2008, it seemed clear that the country would vote in a Democrat to the White House, after eight long Bush years of wars and crises that were ending with the global recession.  The two leading Democratic candidates belonged to demographic categories that the GOP typically does not favor: A woman and a black man.

The election happened.  The Onion carried the day with the best caption ever.

Gun sales skyrocketed.  And the GOP became cemented in gun rights.

In June 2017, Pew reported:

Nearly two-thirds of Democrats (64%) say there would be fewer mass shootings in the U.S. if it were harder for people to legally obtain guns; only about a quarter of Republicans (27%) say the same. And Republicans are skeptical that making it harder to legally obtain guns would have an effect on mass shootings: 54% say it would not make a difference, while 18% think restricting access to guns would lead to more mass shootings.

Tell me again how awesome the GOP is?

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