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In reply to the discussion: NRA wants new open-carry gun law in Florida [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)52. Bill Clinton would disagree with you.
So would Al Gore - according to him gun control is why he didn't win his home state in 2000.
As for 2006, perhaps the fact that they were silent on the issue of gun control had more to do with it. 2006 was a referendum on Bush and his handling of the economy, Katrina and an increasingly unpopular war.
There is a reason Democratic politicians don't talk about gun control anymore - if it were popular with voters do you think that would be the case?
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However, at the same time they fight for the right of a person to buy dozens of guns a day...
rfranklin
Aug 2012
#9
Sure, after the gun runner drives away from the "legal" sale at the gun shop...
rfranklin
Aug 2012
#14
Why don't you, Mr. Smarty Pants, show me why any sane person needs to buy dozens of guns monthly?
rfranklin
Aug 2012
#48
So, basically what you're saying is you really don't have an answer, got it. NT
Trunk Monkey
Aug 2012
#70
But their leadership is hard right and lies to gin up opposition to Democrats....
rfranklin
Aug 2012
#13
You've just provided another reason why Democrats should not support the NRA.
SecularMotion
Aug 2012
#24
Since the AWB played a large role in ensuring that the Democrats did not have control of Congress
hack89
Aug 2012
#49
I don't dispute the fact that the NRA can influence congressional elections.
SecularMotion
Aug 2012
#58
It hasn't seemed to harm tourism elsewhere, not sure why that would happen in Florida.
PavePusher
Aug 2012
#67