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upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:00 PM May 2014

What difference does it make what party gun owners

belong too?
My opinion is none.
Am I supposed to feel more comfortable around gun carriers because we agree politically. I don't know what a gunners politics are when I see them so it makes no difference.
Gun and ammo purchases support the gun manufactures. The manufactures along with ALEC and the NRA are responcible for stand your ground and guns everywhere laws.
Do the dollars a gunner spends have a party designation on them? No what difference would it make if it did?
If gunners vote Dem am I better off? Yes but most are single issue voters when it comes to gun control and they vote pro gun pro right.

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randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. IT wont matter what party a person is when he accidentally shoots your 5 yr old to death in a
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:04 PM
May 2014

McDonalds because he was carrying his gun and thought he saw a bad guy doing something
and your son and a couple others just got in the way

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. I get it, but I think right wingers are more callous, filled with hatred, care little for society,
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:37 PM
May 2014

etc., and that makes it more likely they'll shoot, sell their guns to anyone with cash, support NRA, vote for similar candidates, be into militia type crud, etc.

But, I agree even supposed liberal gunners are negatively impacting society.

mwrguy

(3,245 posts)
3. They all ultimately support the right wing
Wed May 21, 2014, 07:33 PM
May 2014

with their dollars, and their agreement with those who demagogue against gun control.

billh58

(6,641 posts)
4. According to recent surveys,
Mon May 26, 2014, 02:32 PM
May 2014

Democratic and Liberal gun ownership has declined to around 20%, while Republican and Libertarian gun ownership remains at around 50%.

That might not make a difference in the grand scheme of things, but it is an encouraging trend in my estimation.

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