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In reply to the discussion: Democrats would lose the Senate in 2014 if a serious gun ban were proposed. [View all]Kennah
(14,116 posts)44. Regulating private sales would likely get much bigger support
It too wouldn't change any mass killing. Mass killings didn't end or subside under an AWB.
A real ban on all semiautos might change mass killings, but that would ensure 300 GOOPers in the House, 60+ in the Senate, and George P or Jeb in the White House. Then let the destruction of this nation REALLY begin.
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banned from Kos
Dec 2012
OP
Many also lost in '94 even tho they voted against the Brady Bill in '93...
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2012
#5
Honestly people who say "I don't vote the party, I vote the candidate" bug the hell out of me
Recursion
Dec 2012
#8
Every Democrat in the Senate (including the blue dogs) voted in favor of the ACA...
PoliticAverse
Dec 2012
#15
If someone could come up with a gun ban that would actually keep criminals from getting guns...
Recursion
Dec 2012
#12
You're right. It would also affect Congress. It appears, however, that a great many do not care.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#10
Come up with a ban that will actually keep criminals from getting guns. That would be worth...
Recursion
Dec 2012
#17
I'm talking about the majority of crimes, not the corner case of spree shootings
Recursion
Dec 2012
#61
Great reply. I'll have to memorize your "brilliant" strategy comment for future use. (n/t)
spin
Dec 2012
#42
The wind is at liberals' backs. Gun culture will fall as the white male diminishes.
onehandle
Dec 2012
#20
general violence is down, mass murders involving automatic or semi automics are up
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#36
The AWB was seen as radical in 1994, and I think it's seen as even more radical now
Kennah
Dec 2012
#40
I agree this is absolutely no possibility whatsoever of ANY meaningful gun legislation passing
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#55
The NRA helped to defeat Al Gore. Since then, it is the real third rail for Dems.
Kahuna
Dec 2012
#69