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KS Toronado

(17,187 posts) Thu Aug 6, 2020, 05:14 PM Aug 2020

Since the Atty General of New York is dissolving the NRA, how is this going to affect [View all]

the ballot box Nov 3rd? Will repugs double down on their "they're gonna take your guns"
rhetoric possibly influencing independents? One thing I've always thought was if Democrats
would say they were 2nd amendment supporters, we could take away one big repug
talking point. We could also talk about enhanced background checks that would only
piss off the deplorables who would never vote for a Democrat anyway. Isn't it around 80%
of NRA members who want better background checks, but McTurtle won't even vote on it?

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Since the Atty General of New York is dissolving the NRA, how is this going to affect [View all] KS Toronado Aug 2020 OP

I doubt it will affect very much, really. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #1

I think most NRA members are fed up with lapfog_1 Aug 2020 #2

The NRA stole its members' money. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #3

Yes anyone with a brain Andy823 Aug 2020 #17

She is not DISSOLVING the NRA, elleng Aug 2020 #4

Also . . . gratuitous Aug 2020 #6

She's suing to dissolve them. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #7

Yes, but OP kind of skipped a step DrToast Aug 2020 #8

The Russia thing seems to have taken the wind out of their sails Sympthsical Aug 2020 #5

Seems like there was a lot more than fraud, that the NRA was involved in empedocles Aug 2020 #9

I think lights started shining on the free-flowing spigot from Russia yonder Aug 2020 #16

The NRA is broke and practically irrelevant FM123 Aug 2020 #10

I think people pay too much attention to the NRA Steelrolled Aug 2020 #11

i think most people now see the NRA for the corrupt cesspool it is SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #12

In swing states this could be the difference. Passion issues. Edwcraig Aug 2020 #13

meh, I think it will survive but they will be seriously damaged. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #14

See, I'm old enough to remember when the NRA mac56 Aug 2020 #15