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Gun Control & RKBA

OakCliffDem

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1. Thank you for pointing out we will continue to lose at the ballot box because of gun control

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Nov 7, 2015, 07:19 AM

Nov 2015

All this article does is armchair quarterback some statists to demonstrate supporting gun control is a 'good thing'. Occam's Razor tells us it is a matter of turnout. Our people came out to vote for the Democrat and his policies. There were 1500 more people who turned out to vote against gun control and we lost.

All the super smart mathematical analysis in the world will not win a single seat if we force voters to the other side.

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Pundits Say Gun Reform Cost Democrats a Key Virginia Race. This Voting Data Tells a Different Story. [View all] SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP

Thank you for pointing out we will continue to lose at the ballot box because of gun control OakCliffDem Nov 2015 #1

Politicians are discussing guns and regulations because the voters are raising the issue. SecularMotion Nov 2015 #2

I am sure Dan Gecker agrees with you. n/t OakCliffDem Nov 2015 #3

He does SecularMotion Nov 2015 #4

Dan misread the voter base and will not be in the Virginia Senate next term. OakCliffDem Nov 2015 #5

LOL, they'll have to pry that NRA myth from your cold dead keyboard. SecularMotion Nov 2015 #6

When you are losing the argument, introduce the NRA OakCliffDem Nov 2015 #8

No good Democrat will defend the NRA? But a "bad" Democrat will, obliquely, as we can all see! Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #9

What would *you* know about being a Democrat, not being a US citizen? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #16

There it is!!!! GGJohn Nov 2015 #10

Makes me wonder, what if the results were the opposite? DonP Nov 2015 #11

There is no doubt in my mind that that is exactly what would happen. GGJohn Nov 2015 #12

Lots of threads about not believing your lieing eyes DonP Nov 2015 #13

As another poster put it: They doth protest too much friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #17

politicians are discussing gun control thanks to bloomies millions, voters are saying F off. ileus Nov 2015 #7

Gun Control is going to help Hillary take the white house mwrguy Nov 2015 #14

LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #21

laugh all you want, it's a major weakness of Sanders mwrguy Nov 2015 #22

I'm laughing at your statement that gun control will win her the WH. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #23

That's the same egocentric (everybody thinks like I do) thinking that cost us ... DonP Nov 2015 #25

Hillary Clinton will never breathe a word about gun control EL34x4 Nov 2015 #24

of course Bloomberg's version of Pravda would say gejohnston Nov 2015 #15

This is at least the second OP from that poster touting the Bloomberg spin on the VA elections friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #18

The Trace's Mission Statement has this line ... virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #19

The Trace is owned by Michael Bloomberg. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #20

Yeah, but da Trace "anal-izes" Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #26