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In reply to the discussion: Would you want the Dem candidate for president to be pro-gun control if it costs them the election? [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)8. If gun control started and ended with UBCs, you might have a point
unfortunately, as we saw post Sandy Hook, Congressional Democrats have no self discipline and will drag out every gun control proposal imaginable if given the opportunity so they can impress their anti-gun constituents. Those are not the measures that will be popular in a national race where you have to win many pro-gun states.
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Would you want the Dem candidate for president to be pro-gun control if it costs them the election? [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2015
OP
Yes, but when was the last time a Republican controlled Congress card about what the people wanted?
leftofcool
Apr 2015
#3
That is a poll. Reality, on the other hand, shows gun laws loosening a pols being recalled despite
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2015
#4
Would you want a Democratic candidate to be anti-gun if it would win them the election?
safeinOhio
Apr 2015
#9
8 years ago it was gay marriage that folks wanted Democrats to run away from.
stone space
Apr 2015
#12
This is a personal attack based on pure anti-intellectualism, plain and simple.
stone space
Apr 2015
#27
Yes, I have LOTS and LOTS of posts bashing professors at a public university
Lurks Often
Apr 2015
#32