A Thousand Years of Blackness: Voters Now Consider An Endorsement by the National Rifle Association To Be a LIABILITY!

Disclaimer: As per this blog post, this is a parody of Chuck Norris's hysterical "Thousand Years of Darkness" plea for right wingers to get out and vote against President (Re-elected!!!) Obama. In his video he ranted about the coming death of "freedom" in America. As a result, I have started a series of blogs that seek to rub it into Conservatives' faces when one of their misguided, cherished "freedoms" are lost, or when a new idea proposes to take those "freedoms" away. This blog post, thus, highlights yet another one of the worst possible nightmares that Conservatives could ever face: the voters they've been trying to hoodwink for so long, consider a political endorsement by the NRA to be a bad thing. Oh noes. All your guns are belong to Obama, the Communist dictator who has never shot someone for calling him a Communist dictator...

(Disclaimer: I own guns. I do not support the NRA or their extremist stance, though. Gun ownership isn't even as regulated as car ownership, and that needs to change.)

Voters consider NRA endorsement a negative

Much has been made in recent weeks about the NRA's political strength, but PPP's newest national poll finds more voters consider their endorsement to be a negative than a positive. 39% say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who had the NRA's support to just 26% who say they'd be more likely to, with 32% saying it wouldn't influence them one way or the other. Among independents 41% consider an NRA endorsement to be a turn off to 27% who say it's a plus.

In general 53% of voters say they support stricter gun laws in the country to 39% who are opposed to them. Those numbers are basically identical to a 53/40 spread a month ago, suggesting that the desire for stronger legislation has not died down as Newtown gradually fades from voters' minds. On the specific issue of an assault weapons ban 51% of voters are supportive to 42% who are opposed. It has support from a solid majority of Democrats, as well as 26% of Republicans.