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NRA Loses First Democratic Presidential Debate Big Time. (Original Post)
stone space
Oct 2015
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aikoaiko
(34,214 posts)1. We shall see.
When George Bush the elder famously quit the NRA it only made them stronger and they grew more extreme.
But it's 30 years later and the context is different
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)2. They lost?
How did they lose?
Or are you living in Fantasy Land again?
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)3. And, again, just because you proclaim they lost,
that doesn't make it so.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)4. And yet,
the majority of Americans support the 2A and firearm rights.
Ichigo Kurosaki
(167 posts)5. I agree. [nt]
krispos42
(49,445 posts)6. I didn't see the debate.
Was anybody up there challenging anything? Or was it like GCRA Group?
hack89
(39,181 posts)7. Both Sanders and HRC will be good to gun owners
all Democratic Presidents are despite their campaign rhetoric.
ileus
(15,396 posts)8. Now is when we have to let them know we want a progressive 2A stance.
No more "lets ban scary guns" talk.
Big_Mike
(509 posts)9. I was unaware that NRA (Nathan Randal Adams, perhaps?) had declared for the Democrat primary. n/t
DonP
(6,185 posts)10. In Chicago every good Democrat was watching the Cubs clinch the Division series
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