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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:03 PM Original message |
Obama Puts Gun-Control Issue on Back Burner |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. The issue will not go away until Obama says "I will veto every bill to renew AWB". n/t |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. You don't like his call for better enforcement of existing laws, and tighter background checks? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I did agree with those positions |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. well, putting aside the use of the word "evolved" for his current political situation... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Well, it has evolved, and I believe evolved for the better. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I don't know if realpolitik is the same as "evolved," unless you're defining the term |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I believe it's his call to reinstate the AWB that frustrates people. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. this should make Bill Maher very happy |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Actually, Maher was complaining about the Dems refusal to pursue gun control |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I know; I was being sarcastic |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. The comedian- I forgot his name- was right on. One of his best lines about this: |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Or, perhaps not all "gun people" are the same. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Perhaps. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Bill Maher knows nothing about guns |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Unfortunately, the serious gun nuts will remain convinced that he's taking them away. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. As long as Obama's own website says that he wants to reinstate the AWB, yes. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Bingo! |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. We will have a solution once America |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. In other words, never. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "Assault weapons" are virtually unrepresented in crime. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. A "solution" to what, though? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Behold the new gun control meme- The "Lovejoy"! |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Those "kids" aren't being killed by protruding rifle handgrips. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. The assault weapons ban |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. If it aint happenin', why do I keep hearing about it? There is no 'news' in that article. |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Because on Obama's official website it says we want to reinstate the AWB |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And SoS Clinton, DHS Sec Napolitano, AG Holder.. |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good... |
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