Gun owners remain a powerful constituency.

枪支所有者仍旧是他们背后强大的支持群体。

Under Barack Obama, gun owners rushed to buy firepower they feared was going to be outlawed.

奥巴马执政期间，枪支所有者们就因为担心武器被取缔而大力抢购。

And yet reform eforts are doomed if safe and responsible gun owners (I come from a family of them myself) are shut out of the discussion.

然而，如果安全又有责任感的枪支所有者（我自己就来自这样的家庭）被排除在了讨论之外，那么改革的努力就注定会失败。

And some have, creating political confrontations with gun owners.

而那些对枪支说不的商家，也与枪支拥有者展开了政治对抗。

Gun owners are the new niggers . of society ( John Aquilino )

枪的主人们是社会新的下层人物 ( 约翰阿奎里诺 )

Gun owners have what they need, says Robert Evans of Pennington Capital, a Minneapolis investment firm.

明尼阿波利斯投资公司“彭宁顿资本”的罗伯特·埃文斯说：“枪主们已经有他们需要的东西了。”

He said it would help guide local communities trying to balance the right of gun owners with the need to protect citizens in high crime areas.

他说，这将有助于引导当地社区的尝试，以平衡权利枪业主的需要，保护公民，在犯罪率高的地区。