Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I just had to turn off Rachel Maddow. [View all]beevul
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"You say you are progressive, yet you defend those who would do everything possible to ensure Democrats/LIberals/Progressives are defeated at every trun."
LOL. and youre still saying it as if it were true.
Nope, I'm afraid thats a poor and inaccurate characterization of the way things are.
Injecting truth into what was a clearly false screed - yours - is not defending anyone. And injecting truth into a what was a clearly false screed - yours - was my sole intent. I don't just sit idly by while anti-gun idealogues say things that aren't true, you see.
As to the nra...they work to get those that are ANTI-GUN defeated, because they're anti-gun. Not simply because theyre Democrats.
The endorsements of Dean, Richardson, and Schweitzer are a few among many elegant examples that prove it.
And disprove your screed.
And as to those that they DO work to defeat...well...i'd be interested in examples that didn't earn it through a voting record, and/or public hostility toward gun rights. I really doubt there are any.
But I'd entertain any examples you might care to provide.
Theres the old addage:
Play with a rattlesnake and you may just get bit. Don't blame the rattlesnake for it when you do.
Its nobodys fault but your own.
Thats a pretty good summation of the nra, and how they react to those who attack and or are hostile to gun rights.
I prefer it that way, rather than nobody with any political power protecting my rights, even as imperfect as it is.
If certain politicians wish to tangle with the nra by attacking the rights of people where guns are concerned or voting against the rights of people where guns are concerned, and knowing full well beforehand the wrath they'll incur in doing so, I have exactly zero sympathy for them, or the consequences of their fully informed choice. The same way as I have exactly zero sympathy for the dumbass who knowingly picks up a rattlesnake and gets bit, or the dumbass who knowingly sticks their finger into a live light socket.
Regardless of party affiliation.
In some circles thats knows as whats called a principled position.