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Jake Stern

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4. Look to Colorado to see how well that way of thinking works

Reply to coolsandy (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 01:31 AM

Nov 2017

Out here in the Mountain West gun control is a vote loser of the highest order. The "Confiscate all guns!" rhetoric plays very well in Denver and Boulder but is also one of the key reasons we Dems can't make inroads much outside Denver.

- It's the reason we had several legislators recalled and one forced to resign to avoid being recalled.
- It's a big part of why Republicans control the State Senate
- It's a reason we lost a good senator, Mark Udall, to Tea Party asswipe Cory Gardner.

I'd rather have a pro-gun rights Dem in office than Cory Gardner or Mike Coffman or Ken Buck.

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We are over the tipping point. Gun control and regulation is my single issue for all things politic [View all] coolsandy Nov 2017 OP

I'm there too. Enough is enough. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #1

I'm in favor of total confiscation. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #2

Same here Awsi Dooger Nov 2017 #5

The tragedy is that gun control was a high priority on Hillary's platform. lunamagica Nov 2017 #3

Look to Colorado to see how well that way of thinking works Jake Stern Nov 2017 #4