Why is the Democrat Party losing voters?

Minnesota state Senator Ron Latz (DFL) said that women, not men, need special training to own a firearm.  “….a firearm owned by a woman for self-defense, the evidence is it is more likely to end up being used against her by the attacker rather than used to successfully defend herself. That’s the data, so maybe that points to the even greater need for training on how to use the firearm and to prevent it from being taken by an attacker and used against her.”

Latz did not provide any substantiation for the “evidence” or “data” to which he alluded.

A male Democrat categorizes women needing more training than men in the use of a tool that does not require any special male gender advantages like size or strength.

So much for sexism being trumpeted as a Republican’ vice.

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And if you think only male Democrats have views in contrast to reality.

 NPR’s Tonya Mosely asked former Vice President Kamala Harris about her gun control platform: “In cities like Philadelphia, handguns are responsible for most homicides and violent crime.  How will you address the issue of the use of handguns because a push for an assault weapons ban only addresses, um, a significant but small part of the problem?”  (Emphasis added.)

The former vice president couldn’t answer why Democrats are going after “Assault Weapons” when hand guns are a much bigger issue.  Harris tried to deflect with the standard Democrat cliché that Modern Sporting Rifles need to be banned and universal background checks must be implemented. 

Mosely interrupted and pressed her further: “Respectfully, we do understand that. But I’m asking specifically about handguns because many of those handguns aren’t purchased at places that run background checks. In many of those instances those handguns aren’t bought lawfully.”  (Emphasis added)

The ex Vice President had no response to the logical reasoning that criminals do not follow the law.  Harris shifted her answer to another gun control cliché – gun shows, when she said: “But the gun show loophole and why we need to close that. Because what ends up happening is that gun shows at flea markets, gun dealers are not, under existing law in the past, required to register their sales.”

Contrary to Harris statement, the facts are:

gun dealers (FFL’s) are required to do background checks not matter where the gun is sold;

the federal government is prohibited, by law, from keeping a gun registry;

And as to the “gun show loophole,” according to the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics’ study of federal and state inmates who used a gun in commission of a crime, “Inmates, 2016:”

90% did not obtain it from a retail source.

43% obtained it “off the street” or from the “underground market”

7% found it at the scene of the crime

6% stole it

0.8% obtained the firearm at a gun show 

The “gun show loophole” that Harris references is a myth.

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Harris did not have an answer for criminals illegally buying handguns, but Representative Jasmine Crockett, (D-Texas) provided cover; criminals aren’t necessarily criminals. 

Crockett appeared on Jonathan Van Ness’ "Getting Better" podcast, where the host asked her to share one key fact she wishes more people knew about crime in America.

“…just because someone has committed a crime, it doesn’t make them a criminal. That is completely different. Being a criminal is more so about your mindset. Committing a crime can come for a lot of different reasons."

I wonder if crime victims would feel better if they knew they were not criminalized by a criminal?