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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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10. NC elected a pro-gun Dem governor but rejected Clinton by 200K votes.

Reply to oneshooter (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 09:28 PM

Mar 2017

That margin of loss was less than 1/10th the number of North Carolinians who own "assault weapons" or over-10-round magazines, which Clinton directly threatened during the primary. And her staff and the DNC were so cloistered and ignorant on the issue that apparently no one in the campaign even realized how badly she stepped in it on the issue.

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I'm seeing a bunch of articles about "Hillbillies" & other rural whites... [View all] The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 OP

OK, if I may offer this DonCoquixote Mar 2017 #1

I'm not saying that this mind set is 100% correct or... The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #2

More than 80% of gun owners are nonhunters. benEzra Mar 2017 #9

Interesting how drumpf tapped into the darker side of people's souls. democratisphere Mar 2017 #3

I was "lucky" that I was young enough when the steel/coal economy died... The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #4

Great OP TPMS, when the GOP discovered wedge issues they hit dae Mar 2017 #5

Great post. Many of us are great at *posing* tolerant. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #6

Not according to the Democratic Party oneshooter Mar 2017 #7

Face palm pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #8

NC elected a pro-gun Dem governor but rejected Clinton by 200K votes. benEzra Mar 2017 #10

If that isn't a perfect example pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #11

Democrats are in group #3 re. "gun control". pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #12