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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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13. No not a rising tide

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #11)

Thu May 7, 2015, 05:15 PM

May 2015

Candidates are now being found objectionable due to some minor aspects of their records, statements or lack thereof with regard to guns. I simply think referring to the Dem candidates the controllers don't like for odd non-issues as ASSAULT CANDIDATES.

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Remember those polls asking if we'd vote for a strict gun control candidate? [View all] beevul May 2015 OP

Clinton voted against bills shielding gun vendors and manufacturers from liability. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1

Remember, how WE are supposed to be the unreasonable ones. beevul May 2015 #2

I posted saying the same thing before I read your post. pablo_marmol May 2015 #8

It's been a tough week for some of us. ileus May 2015 #3

Bansalot has their very own "Why I won't ever vote for Bernie" thread DonP May 2015 #4

LOL the 2 regulars... virginia mountainman May 2015 #5

I was having a good chuckle at it today virginia mountainman May 2015 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author pablo_marmol May 2015 #7

Castle Bansalot counter to NRA ratings.... Puha Ekapi May 2015 #9

I'd like to suggest a way to simplify these various distinctions discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #10

HA! NPR reporting on the two killed in Texas uses over & over -- "assault rifle" and "automatic"... Eleanors38 May 2015 #11

No not a rising tide discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #13

I was heartened by the "guns-in-GD" discussions about Bernie Sanders... Eleanors38 May 2015 #12