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2016 Postmortem

BlueDemKev

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9. Truthfully, the Senate won't approve it, either.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 01:21 PM

Jan 2013

Too many Democrats from red states where gun ownership (and thus NRA membership) is astronomical. West Virginia, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Nevada...the list goes on and on.

This isn't a battle we can win (God knows we've tried again and again over the past 50 years) and pursuing it will only result in a galvanized right-wing and a weakened President Obama. While I totally support anti-gun laws, I'm not willing to sacrifice everything else we've worked so hard to achieve just to try and get a half-dozen types of weapons temporarily banned.

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Assault Weapons Ban Likely To Die In GOP-Dominated House [View all] Purveyor Jan 2013 OP

Then we'll try again in January, 2015. Should be a snap then. Scuba Jan 2013 #1

Uh, no. zipplewrath Jan 2013 #2

Then they'll be identified this time around, replaced in November 2014. Anyone trying to .... Scuba Jan 2013 #3

Not in "red" states zipplewrath Jan 2013 #6

That is exactly what will need to happen! LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #7

There are great swaths of Dumbfuckistan represented in Congress geek tragedy Jan 2013 #8

They will be replaced by REPUBLICANS Cosmocat Jan 2013 #11

I have been telling people this and they just don't want to hear it Cosmocat Jan 2013 #10

Which is why Reid has taken the position he has ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #13

Why is it so important to you to regulate how a gun can look? Recursion Jan 2013 #17

It's not about looks, it's about firepower. The "looks" argument is the NRA's diversion. Scuba Jan 2013 #18

No, no, it's not. It's really not. Seriously. Recursion Jan 2013 #19

"The AWB is specifically not a ban based on firepower." May have been true in the past ... Scuba Jan 2013 #21

Unpopular People, Sir, Should Be Given Every Opportunity To Do Unpopular Things.... The Magistrate Jan 2013 #4

It will die first in the Democrat control Senate hack89 Jan 2013 #5

that is just the senate Cosmocat Jan 2013 #12

Truthfully, the Senate won't approve it, either. BlueDemKev Jan 2013 #9

I was thinking the same thing davidpdx Jan 2013 #14

Particularly since it doesn't actually ban anything, just makes them change the grip shape Recursion Jan 2013 #16

The Way The Guns Look Is Absolutely Critical. Paladin Jan 2013 #20

Why are you comparing a bolt-action to a semi-automatic? Recursion Jan 2013 #22

You're So Far Off-Beam, It's Not Worth Much In The Way Of A Response. Paladin Jan 2013 #23

Good. That less us focus on laws that actually do something Recursion Jan 2013 #15