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In reply to the discussion: Sanders: invested in the interests of gun owners--and manufacturers [View all]Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)293. Some of the scumbags could have back ground checks.
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Sanders: invested in the interests of gun owners--and manufacturers [View all]
Evergreen Emerald
Jun 2015
OP
We know these things happen, the members of Congress are not immune to voting in the interest of
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#1
The point was yes he votes with corporations. This isn't the only occassion where he votes with the
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#23
It may nor be appealing to you but to compare apples to oranges as you have with
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#38
I agree with protecting manufacturers from lawsuits stemming from misuse of their products.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#148
And Hilary's time on Walmarts board of directors doesnt connect her to corporations?
Travis_0004
Jun 2015
#178
Yes he started voting against gun control after he was elected to the House.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#292
Firearms manufacturer's are forbidden by Federal law from selling directly to the public.
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#56
And why should they have to pay for the 3rd party misuse of their products? eom.
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#305
You say I am not making any sense, if the gun manufacturers has money to pay to NRA, then they have
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#309
Because they are not sensible. You are not winning any friends of the gun manufacturers with your
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#315
it depends on the manufacturer's culpability, if the manufacturer lobbies for weak gun laws
Demonaut
Jun 2015
#257
and you're right, the laws are enforced and upheld by politicians, politicians in the Supreme Court
Demonaut
Jun 2015
#262
that is true, 65-31 vote and signed by GWB into law, the SC sides with the law
Demonaut
Jun 2015
#266
The problem with your scenario is that these lawsuits are dismissed long before
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#270
I know you're not insulting me, this debate has been very civil, which is somewhat unusual
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#273
are you an attorney? your responses are well informed, what is your advocacy concerning this issue?
Demonaut
Jun 2015
#275
I agree with many aspects of RKBA and pandora's box was opened long ago concerning guns
Demonaut
Jun 2015
#279
it does, the NRA supported some of the reforms you listed but now adamantly opposed to them now
Demonaut
Jun 2015
#286
Wow, that's ugly of you. Tell ya what, every time I see you do something childish like
MADem
Jun 2015
#208
If cartoons and bumper-stickers are all a person has, I guess we may expect little else from you...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#249
It's a sport. My father taught me how to shoot when I was a kid and neither of us hunt.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#318
Well, Wall Street is sure in NY so the corporation posts goes to both Hillary and Bernie.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#61
Hillary also voted on IWR because of her constitutes, guess it makes their votes
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#118
I don't know, the list i see is campaign funds, he could have gotten money for a speech, don't know
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#130
Hey Smokey, I did not make an accusation, I said he voted with the gun manufacturers, you are the
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#165
Actually I am using talking point from DU, how many times have you read Hillary is a corporatists?
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#180
Post #114 said Bernie was voting for his constituents, I said Hillary voted on IWR for her
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#210
Yep, when I see the corporate train with Hillary I know Bernie is right there also.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#73
Gotcha, maybe the ones looking for tge money will find it, I was pointing out the votes.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#228
Vermont has been the home of one of the gun makers since the Revolutionary War. Bernie can
jwirr
Jun 2015
#16
We're likely to see the same three or four "controversies" recycled over and over and over
frylock
Jun 2015
#17
Now I get why the libertarians are scared he will steal their Ron Paul like votes. /nt
jakeXT
Jun 2015
#7
The NRA helped Bernie get elected by going after his opponent over the auto weapons ban..
Sancho
Jun 2015
#168
what i said is exactly what your link said, hon. they went after peter. bernie benefited
cali
Jun 2015
#200
my goodness, you sure do have a tendency to run, run away when you're proven wrong
cali
Jun 2015
#37
per Center for Responsive Politics nd Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violences
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#97
what part of " he's voted consistently for gun control over the past decade or more"
cali
Jun 2015
#30
Yes, it saddens me that there is no perfect candidate, no magic wand wielding superman or woman.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#28
When I told Obama supporters in '08 that I couldn't support him, not on one issue but most,
LWolf
Jun 2015
#36
Luckily, I have been admonished so very many times about being a "purist" that this does
djean111
Jun 2015
#41
lol. you posted it because you were pissed about proof that Hillary had endorsed the TPP
cali
Jun 2015
#78
Gun control is about #101 on my list of the 100 issues on which I would judge a candidate
tularetom
Jun 2015
#65
Where did I say my candidate was Bernie Sanders? And where did I say "my candidate" WASN'T perfect?
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2015
#87
I find it interesting that neither Thinkingabout nor Evergreen Emerald have acknowledged or
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2015
#235
As of last year or so it has been legal to trqnsport guns in checked luggage
oneshooter
Jun 2015
#189
You mean a populist voted against legislation that was unpopular in the state he represents?
NewSystemNeeded
Jun 2015
#142
If true, and I believe Bernie has explained this in understsandable terms, it
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#108
Not to mention he doesn't take money from the NRA or other gun rights organizations:
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#167
Makes me like him even more and he is very wise to say no to lawsuits against manufactures
Autumn
Jun 2015
#128
I will vote for the Democratic candidate - none are perfect, but this vote of Bernie's I don't like.
Sancho
Jun 2015
#158
Shall we sue automobile manufactures when some idiot causes a death with an automobile?
Autumn
Jun 2015
#152
They're trying to claim he's not supportive of immigration issues in another thread.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#192
If I cut my toe off with a kitchen knife I have no right to sue the silverware manufacturer.
Autumn
Jun 2015
#199
The PLCAA isn't about immunity from liability, it's about product misuse lawsuits.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#217
And again, why should the manufacturers be held responsible for a 3rd party misuse of their
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#194
Why should a corporation have to explain the 3rd party misuse of their product to a jury?
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#203
There is no "special immunity", the law exempts lawsuits for defective products.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#218
You support a law designed to bankrupt manufacturers because you disapprove of their products.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#230
If anything, the parent's should sue the lawyers who urged them to file this lawsuit,
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#260
Last poll on gun ownership for DU members show'd about 50%. Good luck with the pant load.
L0oniX
Jun 2015
#224
His pro-gun record certainly explains the F grade given him by the NRA...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#248
Walmart was the largest single retailer of firearms in the world when Hillary sat on their board.
Ikonoklast
Jun 2015
#317