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one-eyed fat man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 11:50 PM
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75. of course it is....
That's the point! We are just giving them ammunition. The platform is smugly anti-gun. The "what works in Cheyenne may not work in Chicago" line is directly out of one of Obama's stump speeches. He has NOT come out and pledged to veto any anti-gun legislation. We ARE giving them the issue to beat us over the head with. Like it or not, that's the way it is with the plank as it now stands! I go back to my premise that the hollow weasel worded support for RKBA in the 2008 platform needs to be backed up with ACTION! It's not too late for Democrats in Congress to pass meaningful pro-gun legislation and to have Obama pledge to sign it. Otherwise the voters will see still us like this:

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