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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Sam Smith thinks the democrats should shut up about the gun issue until after the elections
His thinking is it will galvanize the gun nuts to the polls and vote in droves.
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So Sam Smith thinks the democrats should shut up about the gun issue until after the elections (Original Post)
bigdarryl
Oct 2015
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Chan790
(20,176 posts)1. This guy?
Why do I (we) care what a British pop singer thinks about gun control in America and the proper course of political action for Democrats?
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)4. No this guy of Progressive review he's a guess on Mark Thompson's show every Tuesday at 8:00PM
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. Can Sam Smith halt the gun violence until after the election?
world wide wally
(21,748 posts)3. Do you mean the guy who rips off Tom Petty songs?
forthemiddle
(1,381 posts)5. Absolutely, Positively no question in my mind
In my area of the state anyway.
This is a huge issue in Rural Wisconsin.
Also please remember it was only two years ago in Colorado (after Sandy Hook) that there were successful recall elections for gun controls that passed.
Colorado went for the Dems in the last Presidential election, will it hold for 2016? Only time will tell.
CanonRay
(14,106 posts)6. Problem is, there's always another election
so it winds up never getting discussed.
Initech
(100,085 posts)7. Well he's not wrong.
Look at what happened in 2000 when republicans made gay marriage a wedge issue. What happened? It drove the crazies to the polls in record numbers.
The "they're going to take our guns away" crowd would vote as fast as they're buying AK-47s. And that would be a definite lose lose.