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The bluer, the better :) (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 OP
I do like that, except for the lingering yellow-ness of my state petronius Jun 2013 #1
^^^ +1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #2
Blue is the sign of true 2A progressives. ileus Jun 2013 #3
What a progressive ideal. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #4
Yep.. virginia mountainman Jun 2013 #5
Kinda makes me feel good. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #6
What the "activists" are loath to admit: Who has the organization... Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #7

petronius

(26,608 posts)
1. I do like that, except for the lingering yellow-ness of my state
Mon Jun 3, 2013, 07:34 PM
Jun 2013

Shall-issue with a comprehensive training requirement (including handling skills, conflict avoidance/management, and legal issues) and no arbitrary or excessive financial barrier is my preference...

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
7. What the "activists" are loath to admit: Who has the organization...
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:57 PM
Jun 2013

I don't like all the positions, tactics and strategies of the pro-2A organizations, but they DO have the grassroots organization, a powerful internet/social media presence, and a WIDELY-BASED source of money to effect policy. The controller/banners must rely on some money-bag donors, a crumbling MSM presence, and elites highly-placed in some state & city bureaucracies to effect "change." And for some reason, they don't see the necessity (or possibility?) of countering the pro-2A organizations. Instead, they must wait on a mass-shooting incident to pump up the volume. And even then, they start out the conversation as they have for decades: Bans and more bans. Then wring their hands over whey they have failed again.

No wonder the strategy they wish to embark on now is to stigmatize millions of fellow Americans.

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