https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/13/2014-and-the-democrats-long-term-gun-control-strategy/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:13:04 -0400<![CDATA[By themselves, these bills wouldn’t have a huge impact on gun violence, but their passage would validate Obama’s insistence that “this time is different” and prove that the NRA can be beaten. Of course, the passage of the Brady Bill and assault weapons ban back in 1993 and 1994 supposedly proved this too; if you go back and read a newspaper from May ’94, when the ban cleared the House, you’ll find any number of writers declaring the political death of the NRA. But then Democrats were crushed in the ’94 midterms, a backlash from pro-gun voters was cited as a major reason why, and Democrats began their two-decade retreat.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:05:55 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/13/2014-and-the-democrats-long-term-gun-control-strategy-n280979