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LonePirate

(13,431 posts)
4. We need a repeal of the 2A, confiscation of all guns and jail time for gun possession.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 04:14 PM
Dec 2015

Simple gun control is not adequate.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
9. Same here.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:03 PM
Dec 2015

Of course, "liberal" Oregon is actually pretty purple, although I'm confident we'll go for the Democrat candidate next November. But we're also a Western state, and that means even a big chunk of the liberal population are gun owners. An aggressive gun control platform would absolutely send us to the redder end of the purple spectrum.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
13. I'm in MN and we are almost all hunters and many who live
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:10 PM
Dec 2015

in the rural areas have guns for safety. I do believe in gun control and so do most of my family but when anyone says ''All guns" we back off supporting controls.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
7. That's an express ticket to a Republican in the White House.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:01 PM
Dec 2015

And then even sensible gun control measures like UBCs won't be enacted...

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
10. You need a majority of voters
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:04 PM
Dec 2015

And the gunna-take-our-guns paranoia of 2nd Am. Absolutists is dialed up to 11 right now.

Talk about it; it can't be the focus.

I want a Dem to win more than I want to be righteous.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
11. And then prepare for a Republican President-elect and a ...
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:04 PM
Dec 2015

Supreme Court which will be a fucking nightmare for generations to come.

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