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(47,440 posts) Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:31 PM Feb 2020

Will Texas accept Sanders policy and opinions on guns? Just wondering

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Will Texas accept Sanders policy and opinions on guns? Just wondering (Original Post) question everything Feb 2020 OP

if its old sanders... sure lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #1

Yeah I probably don't agree with some of his current gun positions. David__77 Feb 2020 #2

The one who would have a gun problem in Texas would be Bloomberg, not Bernie JFlash Feb 2020 #3

Will they accept any Dems policy? They are basically all the same... jmg257 Feb 2020 #4

Sanders is on record on supporting the NRA, though question everything Feb 2020 #5

I can only assume Texas may like that? jmg257 Feb 2020 #6

Sanders has a D- rating with the NRA. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #7

As we've just heard, he voted against the Brady Bill question everything Feb 2020 #8

lapfog_1

(29,194 posts)

1. if its old sanders... sure

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:32 PM

Feb 2020

new sanders... probably not

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

David__77

(23,335 posts)

2. Yeah I probably don't agree with some of his current gun positions.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:33 PM

Feb 2020

I don’t need to agree with a candidate on everything.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

JFlash

(51 posts)

3. The one who would have a gun problem in Texas would be Bloomberg, not Bernie

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:37 PM

Feb 2020

While BS is for some gun control, he has never made much of an issue about it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

4. Will they accept any Dems policy? They are basically all the same...

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:51 PM

Feb 2020

The Democratic Platform's.

Biden's seems more comprehensive, as does Warren's & Pete's.

Sanders appears to leave off some bullet points the others have.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

question everything

(47,440 posts)

5. Sanders is on record on supporting the NRA, though

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:57 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

6. I can only assume Texas may like that?

Reply to question everything (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:59 PM

Feb 2020

Aug. 6, 2019, 4:39 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 8, 2019, 7:12 PM EDT
By Alex Johnson
Ten new pro-gun laws will take effect in Texas in four weeks, less than a month after 22 people died in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/many-call-tighter-gun-laws-texas-set-loosen-n1039481

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Voltaire2

(12,965 posts)

7. Sanders has a D- rating with the NRA.

Reply to question everything (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:24 PM

Feb 2020

There are other candidates with lower ratings, but D- is not in the “supports the NRA category”.

But let’s, for discussion purposes, assume he is perceived by Texas voters as “pro NRA”, doesn’t that make him somewhat more electable than other Democratic candidates that are not perceived as “pro NRA”?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

question everything

(47,440 posts)

8. As we've just heard, he voted against the Brady Bill

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 09:33 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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