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Gun Control & RKBA

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6. The last major victory the gun control advocates won in Congress was in 1994

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 09:48 AM

Nov 2017

and less then 2 months later the Republicans took control of the House for the first time since 1952

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_1994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

How many more of those "victories" can the country take?

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Interesting poll results regarding an assault weapon ban [View all] ClarendonDem Nov 2017 OP

any support for that claim? ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #2

Teddy N., is that you? Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #7

How sad for you that's the best you can manage in a response. Lurks Often Nov 2017 #8

Those were facts, not propaganda Lurks Often Nov 2017 #11

that's gonna leave a mark discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2017 #12

Semiautomatic rifles are the new normal krispos42 Nov 2017 #5

And, unfortunately, some wish us to have nothing at all. yagotme Nov 2017 #13