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Hoyt

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11. Some Democrats can't envision life without a closet full of guns and one or two

Reply to Willie Pep (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:59 PM

Oct 2017

strapped to their body when they walk out the door. Most GOPers are that way.

It's amazing to me that either supports someone who sold illegal guns to Ayran Nation (Ruby Ridge) or raped young girls (Waco).

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How did gun control become a "losing issue" for Democrats? [View all] Willie Pep Oct 2017 OP

it's not Democrats who are losing Skittles Oct 2017 #1

this 🔺 dweller Oct 2017 #3

It's not a losing issue. Right wing viewpoints much? FSogol Oct 2017 #2

Because for a lot of states Motownman78 Oct 2017 #4

until the local axe murder occurs Skittles Oct 2017 #15

Not even then Motownman78 Oct 2017 #18

Just the Senate. PatrickforO Oct 2017 #27

If they view gun violence as a "big city problem" whathehell Oct 2017 #34

yes, I have lived rural and seen the sheer hypocrisy Skittles Oct 2017 #41

Because they fixate on gun bans hack89 Oct 2017 #5

Um, background checks aren't "gun bans" whathehell Oct 2017 #10

Post removed Post removed Oct 2017 #19

I am in FAVOR of the Assault Weapons Ban. whathehell Oct 2017 #20

And in one post you answered the OP's question. nt hack89 Oct 2017 #21

and that answer tells me your stance is in the minority here.. whathehell Oct 2017 #23

I voluntarily live in a blue state with strict gun control hack89 Oct 2017 #25

Uh huh whathehell Oct 2017 #28

No one needs automatic weapons hack89 Oct 2017 #29

That's correct, so why do you oppose banning them? whathehell Oct 2017 #30

I don't oppose banning automatic weapons. hack89 Oct 2017 #33

Uh huh whathehell Oct 2017 #35

So you are claiming background checks would have passed Kingofalldems Oct 2017 #32

They had a much better chance. hack89 Oct 2017 #36

That's a good story. Kingofalldems Oct 2017 #37

Um, no..they "fixate" on restricting Weapons of war whathehell Oct 2017 #24

For the same reason that minority issues were kept out of the conversations the closer we got to Baitball Blogger Oct 2017 #6

NRA owns the GOP. sarcasmo Oct 2017 #7

Given what we now know about Putin dark money/propaganda, does Putin own the NRA too? stuffmatters Oct 2017 #12

Pence received 30 million in donations from the NRA. sarcasmo Oct 2017 #13

Yeah, I'm really starting to ? where the NRA really got/ gets it's obscene wealth to own the GOP. stuffmatters Oct 2017 #17

I think the GOP turned toward fear of "other" Americans when the world seemed safer- after the cold bettyellen Oct 2017 #8

Because the GOP formula God, guns and gays worked marylandblue Oct 2017 #9

Some Democrats can't envision life without a closet full of guns and one or two Hoyt Oct 2017 #11

The Brady Bill Sgent Oct 2017 #14

Yep. We skipped facts and science with the argument and just went for emotion moda253 Oct 2017 #38

it's not really a losing issue. Joe Manchin decided to support Gun Control after Sandy Hook, Terry JI7 Oct 2017 #16

We pushed for stupid laws and the gun banner wing of the gun control contingent was hubristic aikoaiko Oct 2017 #22

Most gun owners are responsible gun owners and are not insane, democratisphere Oct 2017 #26

American phallocentrism and male inadequacy started it... Orsino Oct 2017 #31

The politics of rabid minorities louis c Oct 2017 #39

We blew it in 1994 with some lame half measure inwiththenew Oct 2017 #40