A response from Governor Mike Pence

That looks like where the real battle will take place.

That's where their argument seems most logical, and where our defenses are weakest.

The defense is still there, but it is a harder sell, because it depends on making the points that:

There will be unintended consequences in the prevention of otherwise law-abiding and responsible
people being able to buy the weapons they need to defend themselves from criminal attack. There
are about two million such defensive uses of firearms in private hands annually, and some of those
will be prevented from happening if the background checks turn up some long ago diagnosis of
depression or an arrest on a minor family dispute.

The INTENTION of preventing guns from falling into the hands of the wrong people may be fine, but
actually PREVENTING it from happening will require more than good intentions. Most of the
weaponry involved in the school shootings was obtained by other than legal means already, and
80% of the guns used in crimes are as well. Those intent on using weapons criminally will be
unphased by the need to break another law in obtaining them.

Real political leadership would be seeking solutions that will ACTUALLY reduce the ease with which a
maniac can access our children, and reduce their probability of completing their intended mayhem
even if they do gain access...improved security of the physical premises, the presence of
voluntarily armed trained personnel among the staff already inside the buildings.....instead of well-
intended but unrealistic legislation that only hinders the law-abiding.

I suspect your prediction will be accurate. I'm still hopeful that he may prove to be a Democrat I could vote for, because I'm pretty tired of holding my nose while voting for Republicans in some of the races, or just skipping the ones where I can't stand the thought of supporting either side.

A guy who works on his own 13 yo Jeep can't be all bad, and he says the right stuff so far, so I'll continue to hope for the best and watch for his votes.