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Gun Control & RKBA

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36. If Obama pushes gun control by his executive pen in 2016 ...

Reply to beevul (Reply #34)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 09:05 PM

Feb 2015

Hillary will face a more difficult road to the Oval Office and even if she wins, she might face a Congress firmly under Republican control.

I fear gun control may prove to be a ball and chain locked to the ankle of the Democratic Party.

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EXCLUSIVE: National Rifle Association donations soar to $96.4M, up 11.5%, after Newtown... [View all] beevul Feb 2015 OP

Translation, the more children killed the more the gun industry profits. randys1 Feb 2015 #1

Look in the mirror. beevul Feb 2015 #2

Oh my god...i should be stunned i read your post on DU, but no longer am randys1 Feb 2015 #3

Yet I don't see you denying that it was the reaction of people from your side of the issue... beevul Feb 2015 #4

Beevul is correct Shamash Feb 2015 #5

Really, we only have one solution? Neon Gods Feb 2015 #6

do you denounce Shannon Watt's tweet? gejohnston Feb 2015 #7

What am I missing? Neon Gods Feb 2015 #18

What about this tweet? beevul Feb 2015 #21

Answered in #20 Neon Gods Feb 2015 #23

You obviously didn't read the link, or the links to the back story gejohnston Feb 2015 #24

Thats simply you projecting your opinion... beevul Feb 2015 #26

So gun control advocates no longer wish to ban "assault weapons", benEzra Feb 2015 #8

...most popular civilian rifles... Neon Gods Feb 2015 #19

"Why are they the most popular civilian rifles in the United States?" Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #28

they are not assault rifles gejohnston Feb 2015 #30

Thoughts... benEzra Feb 2015 #35

have you checked out the pro-controller group? Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #9

You can scratch one whine off your list. Skinner weighed in after oneshooter asked. Electric Monk Feb 2015 #11

Okay, so you do not deny any of Duckhunter's assertions. Good to know he was accurate. Shamash Feb 2015 #14

always nice for people to see the real Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #29

Can you answer a simple question? Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #15

Nope not obessed about guns Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #16

"(Y)ou will see that there (are) almost no calls for confiscation or prohibition." "Almost", eh? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2015 #12

Heh Neon Gods Feb 2015 #20

"but I've yet to see her, or anyone else, come up with a strategy that could do this successfully... beevul Feb 2015 #25

"......you will see that there is almost no calls for confiscation or prohibition." pablo_marmol Feb 2015 #13

You're wacked. Seriously. Neon Gods Feb 2015 #22

You can pretend that Maddow was joking all you want......her intent was unambiguous pablo_marmol Feb 2015 #31

Absolutely not surprise.. nt virginia mountainman Feb 2015 #10

Folks respond when there is a threat....it's to be expected. ileus Feb 2015 #17

It's what paranoid people do Politicalboi Feb 2015 #27

Pretty good indication of what cheapskates and phonies the control side is too, huh? DonP Feb 2015 #32

There is probably no better way to increase membership and donations to the NRA and spin Feb 2015 #33

I'm betting that banning popular ammunition, and ignoring the letter of the law when doing so... beevul Feb 2015 #34

If Obama pushes gun control by his executive pen in 2016 ... spin Feb 2015 #36