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An A rating from the NRA will be the new scarlet letter. (Original Post) pbmus Mar 2018 OP
Almost every Republican has one oberliner Mar 2018 #1
Like this one? TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #18
And we know what a capital A stands for lame54 Mar 2018 #2
Adultery ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #9
I was thinking Asshole lame54 Mar 2018 #15
Again, why isn't tRump wearing one? ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #16
Works on 2 levels lame54 Mar 2018 #20
Politicians need to be NRA shamed. TomSlick Mar 2018 #3
I so hope you are 100% correct! rurallib Mar 2018 #4
Even NRA Democrats? aikoaiko Mar 2018 #5
So how do DU gunners feel about the march? Hoyt Mar 2018 #6
Damn those are safeinOhio Mar 2018 #7
I feel good. Im against school shootings and other unjustified killings aikoaiko Mar 2018 #13
Maybe we'll see truly "responsible" gun owners turn their rifles in, assuming there are any. Hoyt Mar 2018 #14
52 senators have an A-minus NRA rating or higher including four Democrats Exotica Mar 2018 #8
Thanks for your post... pbmus Mar 2018 #10
yw! Exotica Mar 2018 #11
You likely have that exactly right.... magicarpet Mar 2018 #12
You/they might want to reconsider that symbolism ... Straw Man Mar 2018 #17
About those 4 Democratic senators.....they are, Stuart G Mar 2018 #19

aikoaiko

(34,127 posts)
13. I feel good. Im against school shootings and other unjustified killings
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 03:28 PM
Mar 2018

I oppose gun bans (like AWBs) and gun confiscations (like in Australia), but I can support other gun control laws depending on the details.

We had a good showing in Savannah GA

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I was happy to be there and support the general theme.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
14. Maybe we'll see truly "responsible" gun owners turn their rifles in, assuming there are any.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 03:35 PM
Mar 2018
 

Exotica

(1,461 posts)
8. 52 senators have an A-minus NRA rating or higher including four Democrats
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 03:09 PM
Mar 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/15/52-senators-have-an-a-minus-nra-rating-or-higher-including-four-democrats/?utm_term=.71822ddf0339

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But those ratings are often hard to find. Past years’ ratings are recorded on a section of the NRA-PVF’s site requiring a membership for access. On Thursday, The Washington Post was able to review the most recent letter grades for members of the U.S. Senate and compiled this breakdown of how all 100 of them scored.

Most members of the Democratic caucus have F grades, as you might expect. But nine of the 49 Democratic and independent senators have grades above F, including four — Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) — who have grades of A-minus or higher. Those senators represent four states that consistently vote Republican, so it’s perhaps not surprising that they’d have better NRA scores than their peers. All four were in the Senate when it considered compromise legislation on expanding background checks after the massacre at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, but only Heitkamp opposed the effort. (Manchin was a co-sponsor.)

The other five Democrats are interesting. Each represents a state won by Barack Obama in 2012, including both senators from New Mexico. Pennsylvania is a particularly weird case: Its Republican senator has a lower grade (evaluated in 2016) than its Democratic one (evaluated in 2012). That’s probably a function of Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) having been a co-sponsor of the 2013 background-check compromise.

Only two other Republicans have grades below an A: Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). Both supported the Toomey-Manchin bill. But neither paid a political price for that support. Each was reelected after that vote.

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magicarpet

(13,945 posts)
12. You likely have that exactly right....
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 03:27 PM
Mar 2018

.... the writing is on the wall. A high NRA rating will doom someone's candidacy. Your a goner if you worship guns or you take that blood money.

Straw Man

(6,613 posts)
17. You/they might want to reconsider that symbolism ...
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 04:43 PM
Mar 2018

... after researching the significance of the letter that Hester Prynne wears in Hawthorne's novel.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
19. About those 4 Democratic senators.....they are,
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 05:46 PM
Mar 2018

Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)..

Progressive liberals will not win in those states. Do you want the above, who vote with the rest of the Democrats on almost all social issues. (not gun issues, obviously)...or do you want republicans. It is simple and very clear.
Tester is running for re-election.. How about a republican instead?..A liberal will not win in Montana....
Tester is now the senator...let's keep him. Yes, he ain't perfect on issues. On most all key votes, he votes D..

Do you want a R instead?..Do you want a chance to take over the senate?.

.......Fuck the NRA ratings....if we take back the senate...then we really do Fuck McConnell..and I would like to see him loose his position as majority leader..wouldn't you?

And I hate McConnell, the way he treated Obama is unspeakable...If we can take him down, that will be worth it.

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