One reason why we need to make gun rights a bipartisan issue that women, LGBT folks, people of color and of all religions, in short all Americans is because it is a mistake to put one’s eggs all in one basket.

When you do that the natural right to self defense becomes like a balloon subject to which ever way the wind blows.

From The Washington Post:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-citing-evil-massacre-in-florida-starts-talking-about-gun-control/2018/02/20/8da6dd7e-1683-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html

By Jenna Johnson, Mark Berman and Josh Dawsey
February 20, 2018

President Trump on Tuesday signaled an openness to modest gun-control measures following what he called an “evil massacre” at a South Florida high school last week that left 17 dead and prompted passionate calls from teenagers for reform.

Trump directed the Justice Department to draft a ban on devices known as “bump stocks,” molded pieces of plastic or metal that can attach to a legal semiautomatic gun and allow it to fire up to 100 rounds in seven seconds, similar to an illegal machine gun.

In private, he has indicated that he might do more, telling advisers and friends in recent days that he is determined to push for some sort of gun-control legislation, according to people familiar with the conversations.

In one such discussion, during dinner with television commentator Geraldo Rivera at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, the president listened with interest as Rivera suggested raising the minimum age at which a person could buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Tuesday that the idea is “on the table for us to discuss.”

So far, Trump’s public stances have not crossed the agenda of the powerful pro-gun-rights National Rifle Association, which endorsed him during the 2016 Republican primary and spent more than $30 million supporting his candidacy and attacking his opponent in the general election, Hillary Clinton. But behind the scenes, Trump is floating ideas that could put him at odds with the NRA.

The NRA did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment and has not publicly weighed in on the potential gun control measures being floated from Tallahassee to Washington, but that may change Wednesday night. NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch is expected to participate in a CNN town hall in South Florida along with elected officials and classmates and parents of Douglas victims.

Trump’s attempt at a new tone on the gun issue comes as the politics surrounding the issue appear to be changing in the wake of the shooting last week in Parkland, Fla.

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