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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts) Tue Nov 15, 2016, 05:03 PM Nov 2016

Winner Most Ironic Essay Title: "Gun Control Can Swing the 2016 Election." [View all]

(January, 2016 New Republic.)
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A certain swing state voted over 71% to legalize medical pot, a state taken TWICE by a black man to win the presidency. Perhaps in the future a Democratic presidential candidate less politically tone-deaf will not venture to Ft. Lauderdale to deliver a gun control address.

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Winner Most Ironic Essay Title: "Gun Control Can Swing the 2016 Election." [View all] Eleanors38 Nov 2016 OP

Well it is the gunshine state. ileus Nov 2016 #1

Well that notion turned out to be a disaster...Penn, FLa... jmg257 Nov 2016 #2

And North Carolina. (n/t) benEzra Nov 2016 #11

Not suggesting that the gun restriction issue alone affected the outcome of the election........ pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #3

Surprise! beemer27 Nov 2016 #4

Politics is about compromise discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #5

Nice framing of the Party's problem. It does come down to that "leadership" thing... Eleanors38 Nov 2016 #6

My anxiety well stated: pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #7

There are an estimated 80,000,000 gun owners in our nation. ... spin Nov 2016 #8

"The gun control issue may well be a ball and chain on the ankle of the Democratic Party." beemer27 Nov 2016 #9

True. Consequently we end up with the Republicans in charge at the White House... spin Nov 2016 #10

My sentiments *exactly*. NT pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #12

"The gun control issue may well be a ball and chain on the ankle of the Democratic Party." pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #13