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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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5. The number of households having guns is declining.

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 05:37 PM

Aug 2016

From about 50% in 1960 to 30% today. Of that 30% only about 10% are rabid gun nutz. That the NRA, ILA and ALEC has so much power over Republican politicians has NOTHING to do with a constituency, only cash.

This election will finally put to rest the myth of gun nutz power as a voting block.

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This is the beginning of the end of the NRA [View all] billh58 Aug 2016 OP

Would that it were. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #1

"Too many people" billh58 Aug 2016 #2

I certainly hope I'm wrong, and I don't buy any of the Republican propoganda. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #3

To answer your first question: billh58 Aug 2016 #4

I take it then, that the strong support PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #8

The "strong support" that billh58 Aug 2016 #9

Once upon a time, the Religious Right was an impregnable bulwark... Jerry442 Aug 2016 #7

The number of households having guns is declining. flamin lib Aug 2016 #5

That fact always stands out billh58 Aug 2016 #6