So, who is a good Democrat?

[MadHound]

As always, when there is a tragedy like this, lots of accusations are thrown about, lots of purity tests, lots of over the top rhetoric, lots of discussion about who is a Democrat. So, let's find out, just what a good Democrat should believe when it comes to guns?

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	A good Democrat believes in guns for all, and more guns for all, the bigger the better.
	1 (14%)
	A good Democrat thinks our current laws are fine.
	2 (29%)
	A good Democrat wants more gun control laws, including an AWB and no CCW
	0 (0%)
	A good Democrat wants to make owning guns very difficult, including mental health checks
	4 (57%)
	A good Democrat wants to ban all gun sales in the future, but ammo is still on the shelves
	0 (0%)
	A good Democrat wants to ban all guns and ammo.
	0 (0%)
	A good Democrat wants to go door to door on search and seizure missions for guns
	0 (0%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
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[BumRushDaShow]

1. Hmmm....

[permatex]

3. A good Democrat

respects all rights regardless if you agree with it or not. I hate the racist, vile shit that the KKK, Aryan Nation, Limpballs spew, but I defend their right to spew it, just as I defend my right or anyone else's right, if not a prohibited person, to own firearms.
I think that the more than 21,000 Federal, State and Local gun laws on the books are sufficient.

[LonePirate]

7. What if those 21,000 laws are replaced by a single amendment outlawing guns?

Would you still respect it or consider it sufficient?

[permatex]

9. If that was the law of the land

then I would follow it, I wouldn't be happy about it. But it ain't never going to happen.
First you would have to have a Constitutional Convention and then get 2/3 of the states to ratify the repeal, do you honestly think thats going to happen.
If even such a proposal were floated in the congress, you'd see gun owners rally together like never before, and I don't mean the NRA, I mean all 80 million of us, which makes a pretty potent political force.
There would be massive civil disobedience in the country also.

[pinboy3niner]

4. There are no good Democrats!1!!

Sincerely, RimJob

[BumRushDaShow]

5. !!!!

[SoutherDem]

8. !!!!!!

[permatex]

10. LOL

[Motown_Johnny]

14. I think we all know that RimJob would paraphrase Gen. Sheridan

He would go with "The only good Democrat is a......"



I think we all know how he would finish that.

[11 Bravo]

15. DUzy!!!

[pinboy3niner]

16. Hey, 11B!

How are you doin,' brother?

We may need a vets' social group for us to stay in closer touch.

I love you, man!

[11 Bravo]

19. Things are good at this end, 3niner.

The wife, our two sons and I are getting ready to head up to Maine for a two week vacation starting next weekend. (The down side ... no internet access, hence no DU.)
Take care of yourself, bro, and I love you back! (How long untill some asshole tells us to get a room?)

[pinboy3niner]

21. Have a great vacation with your family, 11B!

Eat some lobster for me. When I went up there, I stayed in a carriage house and had some great lobster. Even at the restaurant, my two-tail lobster meal was only 5 bucks (of course, that was decades ago ).

If you're really going to be offline for that time, we'll miss you. But I know you'll come back like a tiger.

[Fumesucker]

6. Other: A Good Democrat believes what the party tells him to believe..

[baldguy]

12. Wrong party...

[Fumesucker]

13. There's plenty of them right here on DU...

They sometimes describe themselves as "pro-Obama"

http://election.democraticunderground.com/124081920

[woo me with science]

18. What a spot-on post that was.

I just recced it, belatedly.

[baldguy]

22. You're not pro-Obama? Are you announcing your support for Romney?

[Fumesucker]

23. Read the thread I linked to..

"Pro Obama" in this context means "never, ever disagrees with Obama on anything at all, even when Obama does a complete 180 like on the private mandate"..

[woo me with science]

11. Oh boy!

Can we have a poll like this about indefinite detention, "kill lists" and drone wars, pre-emptive war as administration doctrine, spy centers for mining or surveillance of all phone calls and email without a warrant, internet IDs and internet-censoring measures like ACTA, military drones in American skies, coordinated violent crackdowns against peaceful protesters, strip searches for any arrestee, bailouts and settlements for corrupt banks, and austerity budgets in an economy that has already impoverished its middle class?

I wish people would be as vehement about these positions as they are about guns.

[sendero]

17. You.

.... and me both. the gun outrage is ludicrous. At least our government COULD do something about the items you list, they cannot do ANYTHING what will make ANY DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER about guns but that doesn't stop the deludinoinds from bleating.

[MadHound]

20. Actually I might just do that,

It might be interesting to see what the profile of an "orthodox Democrat" is.