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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Please compare the Dem and GOP platforms re RKBA. Speculation welcome on how independent voters [View all]gejohnston
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Please compare the Dem and GOP platforms re RKBA. Speculation welcome on how independent voters [View all]
jody
Sep 2012
OP
Agree, I'm drinking a martini, my favorite from Vietnam days. Wish you were here to join me. nt
jody
Sep 2012
#2
Makes sense. Bubba Carville said "It's the economy, stupid" and the more things change the more they
jody
Sep 2012
#4
I think the platform authors feel stuck with it, like the GOP and their zygote personhood plank
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#8
The new AWB bans both and plenty of others too, such as the M-1 carbine.
GreenStormCloud
Sep 2012
#47
That is exactly why this nonsense must be nipped in the bud every time it comes back
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#63
Being anti-gun will lose you PA. Guns are more popular than Jesus here. If you know how popular
rDigital
Sep 2012
#14
In post #17 there is no connection between the upper half of your post and your last paragraph.
ellisonz
Sep 2012
#23
Wow --- maybe we should just adopt all the Republican positions so they can't attack us?
ellisonz
Sep 2012
#27
Your interlocutor seems to have found your questions inconvenient...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#87
Who are you to declare that a Democrat isn't allowed to disagree with one or two items...
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#24
I'm sure you consulted with the people of Aurora on our failed gun control policy. n/t
ellisonz
Sep 2012
#38
The people of Aurora deserve exactly as much say on gun control policy as you and I do
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#62
What do you mean by " supposedly Democratic website"? Do you believe Democrats oppose the natural,
jody
Sep 2012
#34
You seem to connect NRA with pro-RKBA Democrat. NRA has less than 5 million mbrs and perhaps 80m or
jody
Sep 2012
#51
"To be quite honest, I think terms like "industrialized", "developed" etc. are out dated."
ellisonz
Sep 2012
#59
In 2008 Obama said "I believe in the Second Amendment. I believe in people's lawful right to bear
jody
Sep 2012
#65
There is no legal definition in Federal law for "Assault Weapon". You claim Obama supports something
jody
Sep 2012
#75
The President has been silent on the issue. Nobody here is trying to obstruct him on anything.
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#64
Because the law does NOT say people aren't allowed to own such a weapon, we do have that right
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#80
The self-appointed zampolits do tend to end up contradicting themselves, don't they?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#88