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In reply to the discussion: Gun violence turns GD into a really sick place. [View all]badtoworse
(5,957 posts)77. The NRA has 4 million members
They could not have handed the House to the Republicans after the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban by themselves. The reality is that the AWB infuriated many non-NRA gun owners who then voted Republican. Does that sound like agreement on the issue? It doesn't to me.
The real problem you have is that support for gun control has been declining for a long time. The 1994 AWB was a mistake that Democrats are smart enough not to repeat. If you think otherwise, then explain how you would line up Democratic support for a new AWB.
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Seems like all sides in this issue are saying your last sentence. People react to how they are being
patrice
Jul 2012
#9
Your use of the term "they" here implies that you know what all those DU members think.
L0oniX
Jul 2012
#40
Your point #2 begs the question. And ISTR there is no Department of Needs...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2012
#123
No, the Aurora murderer would not have obtained those guns if we had decent regulation of guns...eom
Kolesar
Jul 2012
#38
The other problem is that all DU gun owners are being attacked as if they are Repukes...
L0oniX
Jul 2012
#37
THere have been hundreds of such posts. I was here all weekend and I have never
Mojorabbit
Jul 2012
#63
That is not true at all, they most certainly were being attacked this weekend. nt
Mojorabbit
Jul 2012
#116
More like: Disagreeing with the Great And Powerful Guardian of Progressivism is disruptive
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2012
#68
Bingo. They want to delegitimize dissenting opinions, pure and simple.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2012
#66
That describes neither myself nor any of the other pro-gun regulars here. n/t
NewMoonTherian
Jul 2012
#112
Yeah, it's interesting to see long-standing DU-ers say that the government is going to take our guns
patrice
Jul 2012
#8
posts like the one you respond to are what makes this forum a sewer when shit like this happens.
dionysus
Jul 2012
#17
i don't obsess about the gungeon like you do, so maybe there are fools who would like to own
dionysus
Jul 2012
#33
If it's a "sewer like shit", why have you continued to participate here since 2001?
Kolesar
Jul 2012
#39
the gungeon is the sewer, and the vast majority here avoid it like the plague.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2012
#82