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Hey do you think gun rights enthusiasts are ticked off finding out that Romney did sign (Original Post) DippyDem Oct 2012 OP
They say it's OK for him to change his mind demosincebirth Oct 2012 #1
unless a Democrat does it, then it's called flip-flopping Major Nikon Oct 2012 #12
Those "people" have watched that kind of public record for years. Loudly Oct 2012 #2
Who/what are you banning now?. Oughta name a deodorant after you. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #7
Do you CokeMachine Oct 2012 #8
You just got here. What do you know about it? Loudly Oct 2012 #10
Been here longer CokeMachine Oct 2012 #18
They knew, but NRA (Grover Norquist, John Bolton, etc.), can control Rmoney. Hoyt Oct 2012 #3
I don't think those people are voting FOR Romney, I think they're voting against Obama dballance Oct 2012 #4
Every fellow gun owner I know is well aware of rmoneys record. justanidea Oct 2012 #5
Which puts the lie to the actual agenda of the NRA... Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #19
Duh enthuziusts knowed long ago. Sounds like you just Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #6
Ok thanks. DippyDem Oct 2012 #9
They can't imagine life without gun(s) close by 24/7. Hoyt Oct 2012 #11
Here's the president of the NRA explaining it for you Major Nikon Oct 2012 #13
Liked the link. Hoyt Oct 2012 #15
In case you hadn't noticed, Obama is black. harmonicon Oct 2012 #14
Easy answer Reasonable_Argument Oct 2012 #16
No because it's a secret trick just like Obama's trick Johonny Oct 2012 #17
1) He's white. 2) He's white. upi402 Oct 2012 #20
 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
2. Those "people" have watched that kind of public record for years.
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 11:48 PM
Oct 2012

I'm sure it was no surprise to them.

The real question is, do they view Romney as someone more desirable regarding the policy than Barack Obama.

If they do, then ban them all.

 

CokeMachine

(1,018 posts)
8. Do you
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:02 AM
Oct 2012

find him more acceptable since he SHARESunited your point of view? What do you mean by "Those People". Please SHAREsunited with us if you will.

 

CokeMachine

(1,018 posts)
18. Been here longer
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:50 AM
Oct 2012

than your newest incarnation (by almost a week). Unlike you, this is and has always been my screen name. You do know that some people read/learn a message board before signing up. Good to see the old SharesUnited is back with his same stuff. Say it Loudly enough and maybe it will make sense. Maybe not!!

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
4. I don't think those people are voting FOR Romney, I think they're voting against Obama
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 11:53 PM
Oct 2012

And against just about any other Democrat.

 

justanidea

(291 posts)
5. Every fellow gun owner I know is well aware of rmoneys record.
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 11:57 PM
Oct 2012

Hes a piece of filth who will change his position on anything just to get elected.

He signed tons of anti-2A legislation in Massachusetts. Its sad that the NRA would actually support him.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
19. Which puts the lie to the actual agenda of the NRA...
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:26 AM
Oct 2012

They are nothing but a lobbying arm of the firearms industry, and use fear to get their members to buy even more guns.

Their 'support' of the 2nd is only tangential to that goal.

Obama as president has had a far better record on the 2nd than Romney as governor, yet the NRA is ignoring that fact.

The argument used here by their supporters that "The NRA supports Democrats, too!" is no longer operative, for if that was true, they would have supported Obama over Romney, just based on the record of each.

DippyDem

(659 posts)
9. Ok thanks.
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:03 AM
Oct 2012

Im not a gun fanatic but don't have a care one way or other. I just didn't know how close gun enthusiasts follow the voting records closely. That brings up my second question. Why are there so many gun enthusiasts so frantic about what Obama has done about gun rights when he hasn't done a thing about it?

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
14. In case you hadn't noticed, Obama is black.
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:50 AM
Oct 2012

With people who freak out about "he's going to take way our gunzes!!" don't really think he will (well, most of them don't), but they know that it's not polite to be racist, especially in the media, so they need a proxy argument. What proxy argument? Whatever. Just pick one. "It's guns today? Ok, whatever. Umm... Obama wants to take away our (this "our", by the way, is basically a code-word for "whites&quot guns. He must be stopped. Elevensies."

 
16. Easy answer
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:56 AM
Oct 2012

He has a long history of supporting gun control legislation up to and including him calling for a new "assault weapons" ban tonight. The expansion of carry rights that everyone brings up was attached as a rider to an unrelated bill by a republican that the president didn't want, but also didn't want to kill the entire bill. Not that Romney has a better track record. On gun rights, they both suck.

Johonny

(20,890 posts)
17. No because it's a secret trick just like Obama's trick
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 01:08 AM
Oct 2012

to not do these things because he secretly wants to do these things. Everything is opposite world at the NRA!.

upi402

(16,854 posts)
20. 1) He's white. 2) He's white.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:30 AM
Oct 2012

and
3) He promises to never ever do it again, cross his heart and hope to die!

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