“Universal background checks, it’s at 91 [percent]. They’re more popular than capitalism, Italian food and vacations. Universal background checks have 91% support, when nothing has 91% support.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee today moved a universal background checks bill — they moved it through committee to send to a floor vote in the Senate later this week — do you want to know how many Republicans voted for universal background checks on the committee? Zero. The vote was 10 to 8. All the Democrats vote in favor. All the Republicans voted against.
All the Republicans voted against something with 91% support among the public. Tell me how this ends for the Republican Party.” Rachel Maddow
Clearly the financial support from the NRA is more important to the Republicans than the opinion of 91 percent of Americans. This speaks volumes about the Republicans, but it actually says more about the strength of the NRA and the influence they command. And the gun control side lags way, way behind.