I agree. However, I don't think that a candidate that belongs to a political party with an anti-individual liberty ideology should ever be considered a pro-gun candidate.
When push comes to shove, anti-abortion Democrats vote for abortion, Blue Dog Democrats vote for socialism, and gun-rights Democrats will vote for confiscation. It is who they are.
Their voting record of being for gun rights (when their vote isn't critical) in order to be electable means nothing, because when the time comes that their vote is critical, they will vote with the statists.
Agreed. And I fear the National REID Association will go the wrong way on this Montana endorsement, and support another Senator who filibusters GOP picks while loving Kagan, Sotomayor, et al.
I disagree. There is a reason that no gun control laws even made it to a vote in the 2009/2010 Congress. It's because there were enough pro-gun Congressmen and Senators who told the gun-grabbers in the Democrat caucus meetings tht they would vote against them. And yes, that includes Dingy Harry, who never once scheduled a floor vote, and even voted to allow carrying in National Parks. That's why the NRA is well advised to remain a single issue, nonpartisan organization.