In a very tough election climate for Republicans, the good news is that the gun issue is increasingly non-partisan...Yeah, if you believe they really are "pro-gun Democrats." I thought everybody was making a big to-do about how Obama, in spite of telling us what a great 2A pal he is, really isn't.
There are a lot of races were pro-gun Republican incumbents are being challenged by pro-gun Democrats — no net loss for the Second Amendment.
Sorry if I don't buy into the assertion that these democrats, who almost to a man have endorsed the guy we're told "would be the most anti-gun president in American history," and some with problematic RKBA records themselves, are going to buck their party leadership and jeopardize assignments, relationships, key support, future electability...
I simply don't believe that principle and fidelity to 2A will trump carrot and stick, especially among Beltway democrats.
And while I hope you will be proven spectacularly right and I spectacularly wrong on this, Mr. Kopel, I just ain't buyin' it.