u/akitz52

Why have Republicans continued be against firearm regulation?

With the recent event at the press dinner, and the third attempted assassination of the president during his term, why have Republicans continued to fight against any regulation of firearms? Why not take the credit for it and be the ones pushing for this after these events? Would that not be politically advantageous?

Even Regan, one of the most conservative presidents advocated for the passage of the Brady Bill and the Federal Assault Wepons Ban. Regan was extremely pro-second amendment and still advocated for passage of legislation after his time as president.

Even if they wanted to take a more tradionally conservative approach, why not push to allow states and localities to have more freedom in creating and enforcing regulation?

Jumping on train now seems like the potlical smart thing to do but why won't they?

I am personally a fan of nearly every pick made. I will add the caveat that I agree with the general sentiment that alot of the picks were reaches at the value they were taken at, but the result was pretty good.

Max Iheanachor - Has the build and tangibles you look for in an all pro Oline. His skills are raw but only playing football for 5 years and developing this quickly shows he has the ability to grow at a very quick rate which is what you want from, admittedly, a project player. However he has the ability to be a passable day 1 starter if jones does not come back, and will be a very good replacement when jones is inevitably not resigned. I think this was a better pick than lemon and I promise that is not just cope.

Germie Benard - excellent pick. This is why I like the max pick over lemon. This is the right value to select a slot guy. Has the size and route running that we need in the slot. He will compliment the large physical offensive identity that McCarthy is building.

Drew Allar - Sorry Will Howard Fans, ( I really want howard to be good too) but Allar just has higher physical upside. Bigger arm, better ability to throw on the run, and basically every physical measurable he beats him out on. If Mike McCarthy can fix the accuracy and processing, he can be a franchise starter. With that being said, so can Will. Bringing in competition can do nothing but good. Drew Allar was the highest upside Qb left on the board. I like this pick. Yes he folds under pressure during big games against tough opponent, but I ask ; was that an allar issue or an issue with penn state as a whole. Allar has much less to work with than Howard did. I think Allar has promise.

Daylen Everette - Steelers desperately needed a cb to be able to play zone and to help stop the run in the open field close to the LOS. He is able to do that. JPJ and Jamel Dean are already good at man coverage. This pick will give us more help in zone.

Gennings Dunker- LOVE this pick. He has the ability to move around the line and has the athleticism to be and excellent gaurd and decent tackle if he ever needs to play there. He will be a great addition to an already solid Oline.

Kaden Wetjen - I think this pick was a reach of all reaches. Solid pick up, but there was still going go be guys who the the steelers need for a return man. However, he is the best one in the draft, by far. The steelers special teams needed to replace CA3, and they did it well.

Riley Nowakowski - Great in blocking, great in the receiving game. We needed a more dynamic tight end room that we can move around. Pat and darnell are good at what they do, but having someone who can do both will allow them to shine even more

Gabe Rubio - yeah....i got nothing. Lowkey have no idea who this guy is. Maybe he will be good... if Wetjen was not the reaches or all reaches, this guy is.

Robert Spears-Jennings - good open field tackler. Another big body to help fix the steelers horrendous run stop.

Eli Heidenriech - I love this guy. Mostly because we went to highschool together, but he is the steelers taysom hill. A guy who can be a returner, runner, and receiver. He will dominate on special teams and as a backfield passing threat.

Overall I give this class a B+ - A-

It filled needs and strengthened depth at positions of injury concern. The regime is clearly focused on fixing this offense and giving it an identity is has lacked for about a decade. I'm a fan. The process needed work though, and I wasn't exactly a fan of the value these picks were taken at. I think pittsburgh needs to turn their rhetoric of aggressiveness on the field and put that in the front office