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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:26 AM Original message |
Gun Control, the one issue we have to lose. |
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afdip (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. we all remember how well kerry hunting with a shotgun went over. . . |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Only because they didn't beleive it. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What did he waffle? |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Appearing witha gun, showing your a hunter |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That other side is brainless |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Gun control to them is as abortion is to us. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Abortion is already like that |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 06:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I know...I was comparing importance to the two groups. |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. do away with 3d amendment? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. I'm not advocating "doing away with" anything. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Yup. What you said. And abortion isn't a public safety issue |
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jackbourassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Correctomondo MerctioATC |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. That isn't waffling, it;s being a responsible gun owner |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Not just a talking point |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. You're right |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. OK, but where do we say enough? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. He HUNTS, what the heck isn't there to believe? |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Kerry looked like an idiot all decked out in new gear.... |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. We laughed about that at "beer" camp hard |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. We should make this a non-issue |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Should I listen to you or the ones that say... |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think this issue is different from any of those. |
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PerpetualWinter (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Absolutely |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Good point. In addition, this issue doesn't enjoy the support of a clear |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. my father in law is a single issue gun voter |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Unfortunately there are many of the gun grabbers right here on DU |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Well, Let's See, Now..... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. Dean was all for dropping gun control from the dem agenda |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Gun "rights" is code for racism and sexism |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Um, OK, but I don't think you meant to link that to my post. |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Charlton Heston marched with Martin Luther King |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Heston is an asshole |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. Well, he became a major RWer homophobe and anti-choicer |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
65. again, the NRA are a bunch of pigs. |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Yet San Fransico, one of the most liberal cities in the country bans guns |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Just have to say I agree |
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emdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. For me, it's not the position that's wrong.... |
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PerpetualWinter (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. However... |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. quick comments |
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Hollow Shells (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. I agree |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Agreed. Ive always been anti-gun control. |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. too bad for us MDers |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. ...more people in prison right now than any other nation on earth... |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Dem "war" against guns is as effective as war against drugs... |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
48. short-barreled shotguns, suppressors and machine guns ARE legal |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't think we need to lose it as much as just put in on the backburner |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. The thing is that in poll after poll, survey after survey, |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. I disagree. |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
61. So |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. Gun control does not mean that people cannot have guns in their |
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obreaslan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is very simple.... |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. right idea- wrong descriptions, and devil in details |
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Village Idiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. Interesting. |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
62. Other countries have you sensible laws at one pint then confiscated later |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. Agree and lose the women's right to "Chose" as Dean said |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's a false issue and you fell for it. The RW sells this issue as |
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SONUVABUSH (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. I agree |
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montana500 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. we lost the red states for two reasons: |
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jackbourassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
44. I agree this is a losing issue |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
50. reframe the debate |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
52. I tend to be favorable toward reasonable |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Only about 30 to 35% of gun owners hunt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. So many things wrong in your statements |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. No, not many people "live for gun control" |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. Four posts in fourteen minutes, and then you run away |
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