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Gun Control & RKBA

flamin lib

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20. It came in went but gunners are too busy in their own echo chamber to notice it.

Reply to Kang Colby (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 05:07 PM

Dec 2016

The pro-gun tipping point came in the 1970s when the gun makers took over the organization in a coup. There was no opposition for the fear and paranoia mongers. It took 40 years to get to where we are now.

Here is where the population of the US is now:
http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm

Give us the next 40 years and then crow like the rooster that takes credit for the dawn.

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So...what about that tipping point? [View all] Kang Colby Dec 2016 OP

Well it certainly wasn't Sandy Hook, was it? yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

Attempts at moral blackmail are pointless. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #2

You should seriously study on WHY your observation is, fankly, correct. nt Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #6

Your suggestion is sound, but prohibitionists just don't do that sort of introspection friendly_iconoclast Dec 2016 #10

"........it's always someone else's fault....." pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #12

Our side may be a little more skeptical of curbing rights now that we're not in power. ileus Dec 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Paladin Dec 2016 #4

Gun Control: losing elections for Democrats since 1994 Lurks Often Dec 2016 #5

All a person had to do was look at the long lines of people waiting to enter ... spin Dec 2016 #7

MI, WI & PA are all gun owner states which she lost by a narrow margin Lurks Often Dec 2016 #8

Heck, even I agree with reasonable improvements to national gun laws... Kang Colby Dec 2016 #9

Arrogance from a position of ignorance is a particularly ugly trait. pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #11

Why do you guys even come here? Girard442 Dec 2016 #13

Define "you guys". Marengo Dec 2016 #14

"here" as in... Puha Ekapi_2 Dec 2016 #15

Do have a need to know? discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #16

Why do you sarisataka Dec 2016 #17

Because we are pro union, pro marriage equality, pro choice SQUEE Dec 2016 #18

I believe in the 1st amendment, yagotme Dec 2016 #19

"I just can't figure out why you want to." pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #23

It came in went but gunners are too busy in their own echo chamber to notice it. flamin lib Dec 2016 #20

Many voters took your advice to "Become single issue voters if only for a few election cycles" friendly_iconoclast Dec 2016 #21

Great catch. pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #22