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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWould The Gun Debate Have Been Any Different If "Gabby" Had Been A Hard Right Republican?
Any thoughts? "Gabby" and the victims of the massacres have been so savaged by the NRA and GOP since they have become active for "gun safety". The GOP has never lost one of its own. And it is interesting that even after Reagan was shot the GOP still resisted gun legislation. Yes they helped pass an assault rifle ban but they put a sunset on it. And they have no intention of renewing it.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)like Chuck Hagel just because he didn't toe the line on one issue, I don't think Gabby Giffords being a moderate to conservative Democrat or a right winger would have made a difference.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)when a republican was shot by a crazy person.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)Serious? Or do you just have a short memory?
warrior1
(12,325 posts)Ford wasn't shot.
Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)....I thought of it after I posted it.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)He was Assistant to the President for Reagan and was shot in the head. He is a founder of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Brady was standing near Reagan when both were shot. Hence, a GOP-founded, GOP-led gun-control group often sourced in debates about guns.
thucythucy
(8,039 posts)by the NRA and its supporters.
I don't think it matters much who gets shot or why, in terms of anti-gun regulation rhetoric. To the NRA, anyone advocating gun control is de facto the enemy.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)called... Well, I'll let you tour the archives of DU for some of the...stuff... Which survived alerts.
Otherwise, I tend to agree with you.
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Just look at what is turning out to be an epic thread on 1st anniversary of Breidbart's death
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Not much for grave dancing, but let's face facts -- the majority of gun cultists in this country think like Briedbart when it comes to their guns and politics.
Aristus
(66,294 posts)They're all monsters...