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In reply to the discussion: Please do not alienate Democratic gun owners [View all]maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)291. I see gun owners not ceding an inch on any aspect of this issue
And now the OP is telling us to stop hurting their feewings or they'll vote for Republicans.
Non-owners are despairing and at wit's end, people are literally being massacred, yet the response from owners is "nothing can be done", because 2nd Amendment.
But something must be done.
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Me too. I'm tired of all homicides and other acts of violent crime in this country.
Kang Colby
Oct 2015
#12
Both sides are going to need to give up some if it's going to be a compromise.
Kang Colby
Oct 2015
#37
I honestly don't think your "side" is. There are a few individual exceptions, and that's it
villager
Oct 2015
#226
Ahh, "reasonable first steps..." THAT is a turn-off, Villager. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 12th...?
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#224
I thought there were some good ideas -- and good discussions -- in this thread:
Brickbat
Oct 2015
#46
I am in favor of universal background checks and would hope that can pass
Snobblevitch
Oct 2015
#272
'Fucking paranoid' and 'you are nuts.' Damn, try some Logical approaches. Sheesh.
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#228
How about putting a 500 dollar sales tax on any gun with the ability to hold over 10 rounds??
GGJohn
Oct 2015
#125
I'm sure mental health practitioners can't wait to be put in between hopping mad gun nuts and
Erose999
Oct 2015
#298
Many of us have offered some suggestions that would help to reduce the incidents
GGJohn
Oct 2015
#112
Lotta long tombstoned gungeoneers in that thread from three years before you existed.
onehandle
Oct 2015
#11
You seem to not know any actual hunters if you did you would know what I am talking about
Rex
Oct 2015
#120
AR 15s & AR 10s, are commonly used in hog hunts in TX and other places, but not...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#233
In case you haven't noticed, you can call pro-2A posters in DU most anything you want...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#235
The wording seemed to reference the kids as "shit.". That was mu immediate take...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#288
But I'm not speculating, either. I've stated outright that I don't propose banning guns.
kcr
Oct 2015
#221
Not that junk again. It's not nearly as convincing as "I need a bunch of gunz to strap on
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#31
20,000 gun laws? NRA talking point, there are fewer than 4,000 actuql gun laws.
flamin lib
Oct 2015
#34
Yeah, because contentious discussions have surely been effective on this issue.
Kang Colby
Oct 2015
#70
I believe that civil discourse can change attitudes and have a profound effect regardless of the
Kang Colby
Oct 2015
#122
I think it's more than that. 33%+ Democrats actually OWN guns (per Gallup).
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#236
You are not going to win elections without their support. We can have a small, pure
Yo_Mama
Oct 2015
#241
Too late. The nation has shifted decisively for gun rights. Even African-Americans
LittleBlue
Oct 2015
#56
So we have to stop advocating for gun control because some gun owners are going
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#57
My friend. We have been playing kum by yah for the last 40 years to the GIC...
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#76
Pardon me for asking, but were you a member of DU under a different screen name?
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#102
As I said in this thread, you can say pretty much ANYTHING you want re pro-2A DUers...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#239
if you disagree with everything i wrote, then what "value" do you place on it?
maxsolomon
Oct 2015
#214
Our "societal problem" is that we have too many semi-automatic pistols in circulation
maxsolomon
Oct 2015
#295
"Niggling concerns" and "lessons" are what got us the comical "assault weapons ban."
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#309
Not my problem if you try to pretend to be polite and show you are not sincere at all.
Rex
Oct 2015
#171
You act like exercising your first amendment rights is alienating someone who believes in it
MrMickeysMom
Oct 2015
#148
Go to a gun show. Tell me those people are even 20% liberal. They are right wing nuts. nt
Logical
Oct 2015
#155
I won guns and shoot at a range at time. But the people there are scary. Love guns too much. nt
Logical
Oct 2015
#158
Since so many do not know what a hunter is and a gun nut is, let me show you the difference.
Rex
Oct 2015
#177
No one is trying to alienate responsible gun owners. Responsible gun owners may be a collector or
akbacchus_BC
Oct 2015
#190
My dad had a gun in the closet and he never knew how often I thought about using it to blow my
CBGLuthier
Oct 2015
#201
Gun owners should stop alienating those who want to live in a free and peaceful society
frizzled
Oct 2015
#212
Any damn idiot, racist hater, paranoid schizophrenic, right wing nazi, KKK cross burner
workinclasszero
Oct 2015
#262
"Any damn idiot, racist hater, paranoid schizophrenic, right wing nazi, KKK cross burner..."
Decoy of Fenris
Oct 2015
#265
They can't alienate me, I was a democrat before most of the 2A haters were born.
ileus
Oct 2015
#286
does closing loopholes like gun show sales without backgrnd checks alienate you?
wordpix
Oct 2015
#299
While I agree with you. I don't discuss this topic with the anti-gun crowd anymore.
GOLGO 13
Oct 2015
#303
If someone thinks gun rights are more important than everything else Dems strand for, then...
LonePirate
Oct 2015
#304