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In reply to the discussion: Its time for Democrats to drop the gun control platform [View all]pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)72. As branford as pointed out, "assault weapon" bans have been the centerpiece
of liberal angst for decades.......and for no good reason. How dishonest and moronic is it to want to ban a particular rifle based on the way it looks, rather than functions?
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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