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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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9. In answer: Losing elections, and willfully ignorance of dropping crime rates.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 01:56 PM

Nov 2016

Few can say demonstrably that the so-called "guns everywhere" meme will lead to lowered crime rates, but it has not led to measureable increases.

I note also that the WHAT COULD GO WRONG... meme has lost whatever rhetorical flourish it had, and like a lot of the gun-control sloganeering, rings of a past era.

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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