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jazzhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 02:16 AM
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16. "Misplaced morality in a world they don't understand."

Precisely!

I'm afraid that too many Democrats -- while recognizing that gun "control" is a political loser-- nevertheless consider "control" to represent the moral high ground, oblivious to the facts relating to high numbers of defensive gun use which destroy this argument.
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  - Possability of another AWB? oneshooter  Oct-19-10 08:02 PM   #0 
  - Nah. Small turd in a big shitstorm. nt  rrneck   Oct-19-10 08:03 PM   #1 
  - Slim to None  slackmaster   Oct-19-10 08:04 PM   #2 
  - Nope.  Township75   Oct-19-10 08:16 PM   #3 
  - That would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.  Pullo   Oct-19-10 09:18 PM   #4 
  - Even if it passed the house  RSillsbee   Oct-19-10 09:30 PM   #5 
  - I agree with the above members, which invites the  jazzhound   Oct-19-10 09:50 PM   #6 
  - Why is the AWB still part of the party platform if all it does is bite us in the crotch?"  RSillsbee   Oct-19-10 11:21 PM   #7 
  - Because the very same Democratic leaders who oppose legalization of marijuana won't let it go  slackmaster   Oct-20-10 12:53 AM   #8 
     - Yeah, I've passed the joint with high officials who still oppose legalization.  SteveM   Oct-20-10 01:14 PM   #13 
        - "Misplaced morality in a world they don't understand."  jazzhound   Oct-21-10 02:16 AM   #16 
  - I can imagine another...  lawodevolution   Oct-20-10 01:00 AM   #9 
  - No, I don't see it.  benEzra   Oct-20-10 06:28 AM   #10 
  - Slim  Remmah2   Oct-20-10 07:14 AM   #11 
  - Agreed.  jazzhound   Oct-21-10 01:25 PM   #19 
  - It would get filibustered in the Senate  krispos42   Oct-20-10 08:26 AM   #12 
  - Nah, not for a number of reasons..  X_Digger   Oct-20-10 01:40 PM   #14 
  - Just M1's At the moment  Katya Mullethov   Oct-20-10 04:00 PM   #15 
  - Passed? No. Proposed to appear relevant? More likely.  aikoaiko   Oct-21-10 04:33 AM   #17 
  - If an AWB actually got passed, obama would not get a second term.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Oct-21-10 10:33 AM   #18 
  - No. Obama said no and Pelosi said no.  Renew Deal   Oct-21-10 01:38 PM   #20 
  - It'd be nice if the Dem platform could be updated to remove it..  X_Digger   Oct-21-10 03:58 PM   #21 
  - I have a solution to this "paranoia!"...  SteveM   Oct-25-10 04:49 PM   #25 
  - I noticed that there are no anti's defending the idea. n/t  oneshooter   Oct-21-10 08:38 PM   #22 
  - It would probably not even pass now  Ter   Oct-23-10 12:03 PM   #23 
     - To be voted on BEFORE the new members take control. n/t  oneshooter   Oct-23-10 03:08 PM   #24 
 

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