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Gun Control & RKBA

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Reputable organizations shouldn't run unscientific polls like this... PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #1
Yeah...I haven't seen the DU this poll lately....LOL ileus Dec 2014 #2
An excellent point discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2014 #14
That would invalidate virtually every political poll ever done, ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #15
Well, not the ones that are... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2014 #16
Imagine, then, if we extended that principle to those in elected and appointed government office. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #17
I would be happy if the legislators would read the whole bills ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #18
Remember"You have to pass it to know whats in it" Nancy Pelosi n/t oneshooter Dec 2014 #21
Here is another "progressive" who loves guns and hates the Democratic Party leadership, could you Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #29
Did Nancy Pelosi say that or not? GGJohn Dec 2014 #37
She certainly did, and here's video of it: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #38
I notice our newest Bloomberg disciple is strangely quiet GGJohn Dec 2014 #39
As asked, absolutely NO! Here are the four criteria: NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #3
I can't support #1.....background check on ammo? WTF??? ileus Dec 2014 #4
I can picture it working with a one-time check and a card. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #6
You think they'd actually be happy with a one time roadblock? ileus Dec 2014 #7
No. I'm only saying that the only one I could live with was the first. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #8
I already carry such a card. It is called a Texas CHJ. n/t oneshooter Dec 2014 #12
Because it's stupid and irritating krispos42 Dec 2014 #19
Much better idea, I like that, a guns endorsement on your DL. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #20
no Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #5
That just proves that NPR has become a full-fledged RW organization petronius Dec 2014 #9
So you are the arbiter of whom is or is not progressive, etc.? Big_Mike Dec 2014 #10
Unless you are progressively liberal on the 2A. ileus Dec 2014 #11
Ah, another wannabe self appointed Zampolit. Sorry that Gungeon position is taken for the moment. DonP Dec 2014 #13
shame shame, posting junk science as if..... jimmy the one Dec 2014 #22
PEW: Good news, progress for progressive gun rights supporters! More support gun rights! NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #23
have a pyrrhic victory party jimmy the one Dec 2014 #24
The ownership numbers are suspect. People unlikely to self-report ownership, distrustful of Gov. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #25
Junk science is not junk to folks thst think guns are just harmless inamiate objects...they do not Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #26
How ironic. Straw Man Dec 2014 #27
Attack the messenger, ignore the message of gun control, how quaintly Straw Man of you. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #28
I'm attacking the message AND the messenger. Straw Man Dec 2014 #33
Most of us are capable of despising both Nugent AND Bloomberg at the same time friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #36
Yes, the same ones thst blow hot and cold about being liberals and progressives, I get it. The same Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #40
They're also the ones that have little use for self-appointed zampolits friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #42
Us folks also have little time for folks they were not talking to or want to, ever. Hating Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #43
Got any evidence of this 'hate'? Or support for the NRA? I think not friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #55
There exists... sarisataka Dec 2014 #57
Indeed. Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer" also illustrates this mindset friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #60
That's up to the owner's of this site, not you. GGJohn Dec 2014 #45
Then this Skinner fellow should change the group name to "Gunner Fun". Allowed? Of course, you Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #46
Well, then post a thread in ATA and request he abolish this group and ban all pro 2A Dems. GGJohn Dec 2014 #47
Now now, it was just a joke, calm down and put away any inanimate or sharp objects. I love you guys! Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #49
Getting real isn't it. GGJohn Dec 2014 #52
Bushmaster doesn't manufacture an Assault Rifle. GGJohn Dec 2014 #48
Tell that to the 20 dead children and 6 teachers of Sandy Hook......many others would say it assaults Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #51
Congratulations, Fred! You've gone for your first Lovejoy (afaik): friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #56
Just as Peugeot was responsible for this: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #61
True progressives? Straw Man Dec 2014 #50
I like your beard...could use a bath though..... Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #53
Is that an anti-Scots thing? Straw Man Dec 2014 #62
Hey another "Groundskeeper Willie" fan tularetom Dec 2014 #59
"(T)he contradiction and hypocrisy of gun fun and hating their own party leaders on guns" friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #54
"non-Manichaean thinking"? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #41
Guns may or may not be harmless, but they are certainly inanimate... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #30
Nuclear bombs may or may not be harmless but they certainly are inanimate. Also tanks and artillery. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #31
Twenty years sarisataka Dec 2014 #32
Gun control advocacy does tend to attract animists, does it not? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #35
I believe it is a disorder sarisataka Dec 2014 #44
Which would be relevant *if* anyone here declared they should be generally available friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #34
Emphatically not tularetom Dec 2014 #58
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