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Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

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10. Now, what percentage of Democrat voters that own guns are they trying to drive away?

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 9, 2015, 09:36 PM

Sep 2015

Isn't it something like 20% or so?

I'm just curious as to the margin we'll need to "win" elections by, if only some gun owners stay home or say F' You to the "All gun control all the time" and "Let's do what Australia did" platform they want to put in place.

IIRC, most national elections are only won or lost by a percentage point or two, so how many Dems can we afford to piss off with this crap rhetoric before it has an impact on national elections the way it has had on state elections and mid terms?

(Are we getting election advice from another Canadian? Haven't we been through all this before? It does not end well.)

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Best summer ever for gun sales [View all] beardown Sep 2015 OP

The old "if only Democrats would be more like Republicans on gun control canard" is a gruesome Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #1

Says the guy that claims to be "coming for all our guns". N/T beevul Sep 2015 #2

good one... "credibility" discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #3

You should be very pleased, there's only a small minority of pro-gun rights Democrats branford Sep 2015 #4

You know what would be really, really effective at countering GOP canards? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #5

Sadly, according to some on DU, it's either not as bad or doesn't count branford Sep 2015 #6

Don't you just hate it when they lie by using verbatim quotes? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #8

What are you talking about? branford Sep 2015 #9

Now, what percentage of Democrat voters that own guns are they trying to drive away? DonP Sep 2015 #10

It's not just the Democrats that might stay home, branford Sep 2015 #11

Aw, thats OK, they'll just blame the evil NRA DonP Sep 2015 #14

We recognize that the individual right to bear arms is an important part of the American tradition, beardown Sep 2015 #12

Per the non gun "more like republicans" statement beardown Sep 2015 #13

Another passive-aggressive NRA-supplied word salad comment.....better than some. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #15

Thanks. Perhaps better ranking than I'd give it myself. beardown Sep 2015 #16

I don't think you write "word salad". Hangingon Sep 2015 #18

Another exp of using slop-shot psychological terms as personal attack? Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #17

Feel free to respond to the number of other posted comments responding to your branford Sep 2015 #19

We should be the party of progress...giving up the 2A to the GOP is stupid. ileus Sep 2015 #7