McGrath,

This is only if you agree with the anti-choice group that abortion is "murder". Then the pro-gun lobby would be consistent with pro-choice. But if you don't agree with that basic premise, then it's not. Whereas those who engage in murder of abortion doctors are possibly pro-gun since many of these atrocities have been accomplished by guns. There may be those, in fairness, who are anti-choice that are also anti-guns as the reverse but there also may be a connection particularly when the anti-gun issue and the anti-abortion issue are both supported more heavilly here in the States by the right wing.

DougR,

The republican penchant for suggesting that the states are more capable of making decisions then the Feds for issues like abortion IMHO is an attempt to pass the buck. The problem with "states rights" historically is that each state has it's internal beauracracy. Many states rival the Fed in this. There is the misconception that states know more what is right for their citizens than the federal government. Historically this is not borne out by such issus as voting rights, civil rights, slavery and women's suffrage. Add the abortion issue to the list.

This may all be moot though because the American electorate apparently likes gridlock. As a result the fed government is never as powerful as many think. This may be due to the forsight of the Founding Fathers.

Frank