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RockRaven

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18. The NRA is a lobbying/propaganda group for the gun makers, not their members...
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 01:16 AM
Jun 2019

so if the gun manufacturers are "the enemy," then so is their public face... the NRA.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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His weakest moment. Otherwise, he was in my top four by the end. ancianita Jun 2019 #1
He had more weak moments than that one Perseus Jun 2019 #5
I don't agree. ancianita Jun 2019 #11
I totally agree Locrian Jun 2019 #19
many gun owners will agree with him nt msongs Jun 2019 #2
They will but the majority of them are not Dems so it's irrelevant gldstwmn Jun 2019 #4
NRA in crisis: how the gun group became ensnared in the Russia inquiry Celerity Jun 2019 #7
I groaned when he said that. They fucking helped the Russians gldstwmn Jun 2019 #3
I didn't vote for him as VP, I voted for Obama for President, and a great choice it was. Perseus Jun 2019 #6
Yep. mobeau69 Jun 2019 #9
Trump can't eat any of our Top Five AT ALL. He's so fraught with baggage, ANY Dem's baggage looks ancianita Jun 2019 #13
His supporters don't care about his baggage. The more the better to them. mobeau69 Jun 2019 #17
To be fair, gun manufacturers/profiteers are the NRA's main funding source, so much the same. Hoyt Jun 2019 #8
Most NRA members do support common-sense reforms. That been known for years. NRA leadership highplainsdem Jun 2019 #10
the vast majority of the NRA members now are gun-humpers and RW'ers Celerity Jun 2019 #12
Polls done in the last few years show more than 70% of NRA members favoring gun control measures highplainsdem Jun 2019 #14
the NRA itself IS a clear and present danger, on multiple levels including being a Russian Celerity Jun 2019 #16
That is correct. Iliyah Jun 2019 #15
The NRA is a lobbying/propaganda group for the gun makers, not their members... RockRaven Jun 2019 #18
Of course, he was referring to their members. I know that, you know that, readers know that. wyldwolf Jun 2019 #20
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