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Lurks Often

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9. The ability to get them voted out of their cushy jobs

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Fri Jan 8, 2016, 09:21 AM

Jan 2016

Google Jack Brooks or Tom Foley, both are considered to have lost their seats for their support of the 1994 AWB, something even Bill Clinton has acknowleged. Brooks was the most senior Representative ever to have lost a general election for the U.S. House and Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign in a district he had held for the previous 30 years

Google Ann Richards, who lost to George W Bush in part because she opposed CCW in Texas

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Just What Is The NRA's Hold Over Members Of Congress?.... [View all] global1 Jan 2016 OP

Two Reasons: DetlefK Jan 2016 #1

IMO, it's mostly $$$$$$$$. Vinca Jan 2016 #2

If you look at the numbers the NRA isn't that big a player finacially Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #7

The fact that they will get you tossed out of congress if you cross them. PeteSelman Jan 2016 #3

A politician $tand$ firmly behind hi$ Spon$or$ hobbit709 Jan 2016 #4

Money (of course) and the implicit threat of unleashed zombie voters . . . hatrack Jan 2016 #5

Its huge membership numbers that are politically active. Gun control advocates largely don't Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #6

And their members are spread out, while those in favor of gun control tend to be packed into Freddie Stubbs Jan 2016 #10

Surely A Counter Force Of Gun Control Advocates Can Be Put Together To Rival The NRA..... global1 Jan 2016 #13

Gun control advocates have been trying that for decades Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #14

Well You Convinced Me - We Should Just Give Up Trying.......(sarcasm)nt global1 Jan 2016 #17

You have to make people care enough to act Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #19

I'm Thinking That The Number Of Mass Shootings And Terrorist Activities We Been Experiencing..... global1 Jan 2016 #22

Gun control advocates outspent RKBA supporters in Colorado Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #31

NRA followers will vote on a that single issue d_r Jan 2016 #26

Good post TeddyR Jan 2016 #28

Primaries for Senate and House seats, mostly republican aikoaiko Jan 2016 #8

in gerrymandered house districts d_r Jan 2016 #27

The ability to get them voted out of their cushy jobs Lurks Often Jan 2016 #9

Death threats? RandiFan1290 Jan 2016 #11

They can mobilize voters, especially people that do not regularly vote. hack89 Jan 2016 #12

It's the 50-90 million gun owners that aren't members they fear. ileus Jan 2016 #15

And What's The Population Of The U.S.?..... global1 Jan 2016 #16

Most non-gun owners are apathetic at best on the issue Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #18

The NRA Didn't Get To Where They Are Today Without A Good Marketing Campaign To Get The Support..... global1 Jan 2016 #23

I don't find guns and cigarettes to be an apt comparison TeddyR Jan 2016 #29

Strong, organized, motivated and numerous single issue voters... TipTok Jan 2016 #20

Dinero. Iggo Jan 2016 #21

Its people. beevul Jan 2016 #24

Seriously? LOL! Gawdless Pinko Lib Jan 2016 #25

I always assume it was simply another fashionable way to be inclusive Johonny Jan 2016 #30

Soylent Green Octafish Jan 2016 #32

3.5 million in lobbying and 28 million in outside spending LanternWaste Jan 2016 #33