Gun Control & RKBA

sarisataka

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20. I recall the "TRUE Democrat" talk

Sat Aug 5, 2017, 09:56 AM

Aug 2017

right here. Many pro-control people cheered on Bloomberg as he helped tea-party candidate Tom Cotton defeat Democrat Mark Pryor when control of the Senate was at stake. The mantra of 'we don't need pro-gun Democrats' helped to give the radical Repubs control of the Senate.

Even this last election, when some Republicans were endorsed by gun control groups we were treated to posts such as:

Vote like you are a single issue voter if only for an election cycle or two. It will crush the grip of the gun lobby on Congress and then, having killed the snake that is the gun culture, we can move on to other issues.

Interestingly, as we were told "Vote issue over party" regarding guns, the Democrats running against these endorsed Republicans were also pro-gun-control. Regardless of the actual outcomes of the elections or how many voters were swayed by gun control last election, there was a contingent on DU who valued culture war about ObamaCare, Right to Choose, war in Korea or any other Democratic issue. All of those could wait 2-6 years. or more.

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I wonder how many of the angry posters who are filling GD with strident defenses of civil rights [View all] needledriver Aug 2017 OP

I'm not doing the first, but if I was I would also do the second. Kali Aug 2017 #1

Try switching the 2nd part to "women exercising their right to control their own bodies?... brush Aug 2017 #2

Does it matter.... xajj4791 Aug 2017 #3

Have you set forth that comparison in GD yet? Paladin Aug 2017 #4

I was originally going to post in GD, but I figured needledriver Aug 2017 #7

"...championing a woman's right to choose, unless..." Paladin Aug 2017 #18

I'm with you 100% needledriver Aug 2017 #19

Not ALL amendments are equal tho The Polack MSgt Aug 2017 #5

My guess is that almost all of the people you are talking about have no flamin lib Aug 2017 #6

I thought that you swore never to post here again. oneshooter Aug 2017 #8

I was not talking about RKBA absolutists. needledriver Aug 2017 #9

My guess is you have an agenda. flamin lib Aug 2017 #10

And you don't? Alea Aug 2017 #12

Not one that only appeals to a tiny sliver of a minority of voters. nt flamin lib Aug 2017 #13

Tiny sliver? Alea Aug 2017 #14

Not talking about gun owners. nt flamin lib Aug 2017 #15

Lectures from someone who last year advocated voting *for* Republicans: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #21

You are absolutely, piercingly correct. needledriver Aug 2017 #16

Nice agenda. Unimportant side benefit: pablo_marmol Aug 2017 #23

I think many of them have large problems with RKBA in this country krispos42 Aug 2017 #17

I recall the "TRUE Democrat" talk sarisataka Aug 2017 #20

In one of those anti-choice candidate threads one poster said Alea Aug 2017 #11

Cognitive dissonance is universal in tribal politics. AtheistCrusader Aug 2017 #22