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In reply to the discussion: Its time for Democrats to drop the gun control platform [View all]brer cat
(24,809 posts)59. No.
About that "majority" you are a part of:
59% of likely voters favor a ban on assault weapons. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2014/59_favor_assault_weapons_ban_18_want_handgun_ban_too
A majority of Americans support strong, new gun control measuresincluding the assault weapons bans and broader background checks. http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/poll-majority-americans-support-gun-contr
55 percent -- back a ban on assault weapons. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/14/16510092-poll-majorities-favor-assault-weapons-ban-background-checks?lite
many more but do your own research before you claim to represent the "majority"
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NRA and gun lovers are really feeling the pressure, is what this OP tells me...first Bengazhi falls,
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#2
they may have to chose btwn guns and s.s.,medicare,the environment,war,poverty,no education
saturnsring
Oct 2015
#10
Run on other issues, then once they have a majority, boom, pass some meaningful reform
NightWatcher
Oct 2015
#16
David Bordua, James Wright, Peter Rossi [RIP] and Gary Kleck to name four.
pablo_marmol
Oct 2015
#117
There's that cheap, unstudied dismissal that you Controllers love to trot out.
pablo_marmol
Oct 2015
#145
You might as well just become a republican by your logic. BTW, you might feel more at home at...
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#44
I'd rather stand with a losing platform than win on a mound of dead bodies.
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2015
#46
So mass murder is acceptable and ethical concern for human life is not.
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2015
#108
How many people would vote for Democrats if they held a different stance on just this one issue?
shawn703
Oct 2015
#48
That does seem to be what they believe a large number of Americans do,
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#78
What I see above is just another post that says don't do anything about the slaughter because of
-none
Oct 2015
#92
No it doesn't. The first link takes you to a list debunking five of the NRA's talking points.
-none
Oct 2015
#124
As branford as pointed out, "assault weapon" bans have been the centerpiece
pablo_marmol
Oct 2015
#72
Yep. Those who haven't experienced gun violence or can't imagine it as something bad...
hunter
Oct 2015
#138
No doubt, the little mind favors political expedience over personal conviction
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#107
Just stop your idiotic conversation about gun control! It is about time that the US curb who gets
akbacchus_BC
Oct 2015
#114
sometimes you don't have something in a platform because it's a winner. Sometimes you do it because
craigmatic
Oct 2015
#119
I hope your guns get confiscated along with every other firearm on the planet.
ThePhilosopher04
Oct 2015
#147