Why the Senate Gun Agreement Doesn’t Mean A Fundamental Change in Gun Politics

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John Cornyn of Texas

Tom Tillis, North Carolina

Richard Burr, North Carolina

Roy Blunt, Missouri

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana

Susan Collins, Maine

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

Rob Portman, Ohio

Utah Mitt Romney

Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania

Now let’s diced the list together through a political lens-and especially reelection.

Four of the ten Republicans participating in the deal (Bar, Brandt, Portman, Toomy) will retire from the Senate after the parliament.

Five out of ten people, Cornin, Tyris, Cassidy, Collins and Graham, were reelected in 2020. So you don’t have to run again until 2026.

Only one in ten (Romney) has not retired or voted in more than four years. (Romney was elected in 2018 and has no next term until 2024.)

Therefore, Republican Senators’ retired quartets focus more on their heritage than on any political concern.

And the five, not by 2026, admit that the bill, even its biggest supporters, mostly bites the edge of the problem, but is a major factor in the final reelection race. It is likely that you are betting that you will not be.

It supports a) a historic agreement on guns, or b) measures that these 10 Republicans pass for (almost) democratic voting if they cross the party boundaries and pass. It’s not about motivation.

But that’s teeth It is a mistake to assume that gun politics has been radically changed.

point: Transactions are transactions-especially in the political era when compromise is a dirty word. Note that you’re overreading what that means.