to act like oreilly isnt a conservative though, because he is anomalous in a single issue, is a bit unfair, however.
and i wouldnt call it a defining issue at all. there are many pro gun liberals, many anti gun conservatives, and its an issue that barely registered in the past election, period. its almost, in the current political climate, irrelelvant to a lot of the people outside of the debate. simply put, i get the feeling that if you dont feel strongly one way or the other, you simply dont care, and there are too many people both liberal and conservative who just dont really care about gn rights issues right now to consider it a hot button topic.