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billh58

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3. You are among the
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 02:59 PM
Mar 2014

majority of responsible American gun owners, and thankfully a Democrat. The right-wing Second Amendment absolutist gun lobby is a very vocal minority of extremists who, unfortunately, have the political power (ALEC/NRA/Koch Brothers) to intimidate politicians and sway elections in their favor. They practice this un-American form of political abuse under the guise of both the Second Amendment and "personhood."

I believe that if we can separate the neoconservatives from the gun violence issue, we could easily reach an agreement on steps which will address the problem of too many guns showing up in the wrong hands. The devil is in the details...

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