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Showing Original Post only (View all)McConnell blinks. Gun humping is obviously not going over well with the public if [View all]
it means dead children. McConnell Open to Raising Age to Buy Assault Rifles
June 7, 2022 at 7:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/07/mcconnell-open-to-raising-age-to-buy-semiautomatic-rifles/
"SNIP.......
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has privately expressed an openness for raising the age to 21 for purchasing semiautomatic rifles, but the issue is unlikely to be included in any final deal because most Republicans are opposed to it, CNN reports.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/07/politics/mitch-mcconnell-automatic-rifle-ages/index.html
......SNIP"
Or maybe he does not want the blame when changing the age goes up fails. Anyhow a change anyway.
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applegrove
Jun 2022
OP
Raising the age range ? that's it ? the only solution starts with getting rid of Republicans
Tetrachloride
Jun 2022
#13
There will be some reduction in murders if we raise the age to purchase semi automatics.
PTWB
Jun 2022
#31
Yes. The goalposts are very low for Mitch. In fact they are subterranean.n/t
applegrove
Jun 2022
#21
Please forgive me if I don't trust Addison "Mitch" McConnell for a single moment.
NullTuples
Jun 2022
#23