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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:09 PM
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Read it & weep people.
Gun control unlikely to get on agenda despite shootings

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Is the Virginia Tech tragedy likely to put gun control on the political agenda? Don't bet on it. In recent years, gun control has been an issue most politicians prefer to stay away from.

The last significant gun control measures to make it through Congress were the Brady bill in 1993 and the assault weapons ban in 1994.

And what happened? Democrats lost control of Congress for 12 years. President Clinton said the gun lobby had a lot to do with his party's defeat. Democrats have been gun-shy ever since.

Then-Vice President Al Gore rarely talked about gun control during the 2000 presidential campaign. Gore even went so far as to say he wouldn't restrict sportsmen or hunters, "None of my proposals would have any effect on hunters or sportsmen or people who use rifles."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/17/schneider.gun.control/index.html
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:12 PM
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1. So it's the Dems fault that
Bush and his rethugs allowed the assault weapon ban to expire. OK then. MSM is bat shit crazy :shrug:
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:24 PM
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2. It is a crying shame
That America is so fearful that they think they NEED guns.

You'd think that as a Chritsian nation, fear would be supplanted by their almighty God. But no, their gun is their savior.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:29 PM
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3. Good, I don't want the Pukes using the gun issue to scare rural voters...
...into voting for them.
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:44 PM
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4. If the Brady bill resulted from a presidential shooting and it was the last
gun control bill.....

Some people say...
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Ioo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:46 PM
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5. honestly, I would rather Iraq stay on the front burner. VT tragic but...
but nothing is going to change, and if you thought it was going to you are dreaming. Most rural dems see gun control as a third rail.
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