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Gun Control & RKBA

LP2K12

(885 posts)

15. Agreed.

Reply to spin (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 12:00 PM

Dec 2016

I don't know about every American, but my 9-5, government working father voted for Trump. Why? Because he was tried of what he felt was a Democrat run on his firearms. He disliked Trump, he disliked a party threatening bans more.

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Just a question for this group. [View all] oneshooter Nov 2016 OP

Take Your Guns Meme Was Probably A Big Factor. TheMastersNemesis Nov 2016 #1

Making the election about all the things wrong with trump worked wonderfully discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #4

In answer: Losing elections, and willfully ignorance of dropping crime rates. Eleanors38 Nov 2016 #9

What could go wrong with over-using the sentence "What could go wrong"? pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #12

Thanks mostly to MSM... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #13

And we're supposed to believe that people too lazy and dishonest....... pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #14

yeah, a lot heaven05 Nov 2016 #2

How much? I'm just not sure exactly. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #3

I have no idea how much of an impact it was, but I'm confident that the issue petronius Nov 2016 #5

I must grudgingly admit that the gunner vote made a minuscule difference. flamin lib Nov 2016 #6

Did you see the lines at gun shows every time the Democrats pushed the idea... spin Nov 2016 #11

Agreed. LP2K12 Dec 2016 #15

I don't know gejohnston Nov 2016 #7

In relatively close elections, it figures in big time. We've had another close election. Eleanors38 Nov 2016 #8

When multiple factors result in a political loss, ones biases dictate the most likely cause(s). pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #10

Bumped as a reminder that Applegate lost to Issa by less than 2,000 votes. pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #16