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Snobblevitch

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39. I have lived almost my entire life in Minnesota,

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:30 AM

Dec 2015

one of the most blue states you will find. (Minnesota voted for McGovern in '72 and Mondale in '84), but a Democratic platform that included any gun ban/meltdown would be a disaster. DFL candidates have lost in Minnesota in the past on the gun issue.

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Run For Office On A Platform To Melt Down All Guns [View all] Yallow Dec 2015 OP

I would donate to that candidate. LonePirate Dec 2015 #1

Americans Are Too Stupid, and Angry To Own Guns Yallow Dec 2015 #2

Put your money where your mouth is GGJohn Dec 2015 #7

Then why do you claim to own one? Throd Dec 2015 #18

So, your campaign platform would essentially be, branford Dec 2015 #52

People in cities and burbs seem to be Warpy Dec 2015 #54

And you really think someone running on such a platform would have a chance GGJohn Dec 2015 #3

Hi GG Yallow Dec 2015 #9

Hi Yallow, GGJohn Dec 2015 #22

I think they'd have an excellent chance Electric Monk Dec 2015 #14

Killer Cartoon Yallow Dec 2015 #17

So run for office. former9thward Dec 2015 #4

Post removed Post removed Dec 2015 #5

Because they fell on their heads ? Trajan Dec 2015 #10

Corpses Maybe? Yallow Dec 2015 #12

But I really want a nuke nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #29

If you can't figure it out kentauros Dec 2015 #13

You Can't Say Keep Guns Out Of The Hands Of Crazy People Yallow Dec 2015 #6

You've raised the hackles of our resident Gungeonitic afficiandos ... Trajan Dec 2015 #8

As a gun owner.... I say no to your idea. And I would not vote for such Waldorf Dec 2015 #11

Gun owners more often kill themselves than others - Denver Post Yallow Dec 2015 #15

Is that like going from a 0.08% chance of committing suicide/homicide to a 0.10%? Waldorf Dec 2015 #20

If that were true, GGJohn Dec 2015 #25

That is a misquoting of the Kellerman study. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #30

Google Is Your Friend Yallow Dec 2015 #34

I cannot tell if you agree or not with the misquoting of the Kellerman study. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #38

When it comes to gun violence its a war of attrition. Gun humpers will lose no matter what 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #16

We All Knew Billy Bob Was Crazy Yallow Dec 2015 #19

Oh ffs, almost nowhere on Earth is that extreme. sir pball Dec 2015 #21

Another Mass Shooting Today - Overshadowed By Other Mass Shooting - Maybe We Missed Some More? Yallow Dec 2015 #23

+1 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #24

I wonder if anyone has tried that platform before? Throd Dec 2015 #26

Difference Between Rational Gun Owner / Hunter And A Psychopath? Yallow Dec 2015 #27

Yet your solution is to punish all firearm owners for the actions of criminals? GGJohn Dec 2015 #31

You Explain How We Keep Angry People From Killing Innocent People With Guns Yallow Dec 2015 #40

I don't have to explain anything GGJohn Dec 2015 #41

I doubt there's TeddyR Dec 2015 #28

Today Maybe - There Is Hope For Tomorrow Yallow Dec 2015 #33

Quit being so melodramatic. GGJohn Dec 2015 #36

Mass Shooting Frequency Is Increasing Yallow Dec 2015 #32

When I Go Drinking I Always Take 2 Guns Yallow Dec 2015 #35

Then you are part of the problem. GGJohn Dec 2015 #37

I have lived almost my entire life in Minnesota, Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #39

Talk like this virginia mountainman Dec 2015 #42

You keep spouting this nonsense, GGJohn Dec 2015 #43

Maybe They Could Launch Their Campaign Yallow Dec 2015 #46

Oh my, what a brilliant reply. GGJohn Dec 2015 #47

What would I do about coyotes when I'm on my grandfather's ranch in the summers? Recursion Dec 2015 #44

Uh Let Them Live Yallow Dec 2015 #45

So if predators are attacking our livestock, GGJohn Dec 2015 #48

Right, well, that makes it much harder to keep the cattle alive, you see Recursion Dec 2015 #51

Apparently some Democrats believe only urbanites have rights and interests. branford Dec 2015 #53

People were killing people thousands of years before guns were invented davidn3600 Dec 2015 #49

Ah, but there's that pesky old Constitution to contend with. WillowTree Dec 2015 #50