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Bill Gates, wife, donate $1M to gun initiative
bigstory.ap.com ^ | 8/25/2014 | unknown

Posted on 08/27/2014 6:55:13 AM PDT by rktman

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have donated $1 million to a Washington state campaign seeking to expand background checks on gun sales, bringing the total amount the campaign has brought in up to nearly $6 million.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrolnazis; yesterday
When you dwell in the rarefied lofty reaches such as the gates and bloomies, you are so far removed from day to day life that you think you know what is best for the little people. Pretty sad. Heads up WA. I'm sure you're working hard to defeat this POS initiative. They're working on one here in NV as well so we expect some money coming in here to help push their agenda. Not so much the citizens of NV though.
1 posted on 08/27/2014 6:55:13 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Most of these people support these anti gun proposals because they need to. They would outlaw pitchforks too if they were as pertainent today as they were in the 1700’s.


2 posted on 08/27/2014 6:56:41 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: rktman

When one has risen to the top of a power structure, the temptation to control the lives of others is hard to suppress.


3 posted on 08/27/2014 6:58:13 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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Why stop with guns? Why not the complete Bill Of Rights?


4 posted on 08/27/2014 6:58:49 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: rktman

Another good reason to switch to Linux.

Put Lord Gates out of business.


5 posted on 08/27/2014 7:00:37 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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6 posted on 08/27/2014 7:05:03 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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I wonder what the security system costs at THEIR house.


7 posted on 08/27/2014 7:09:30 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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Damn, you stole my thoughts, but left out the part where these people are guarded by ARMED GUARDS!


8 posted on 08/27/2014 7:17:58 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Mouton; onedoug

That point can’t be made enough, elites push gun control because they and most politicians are terrified of what comes when the wheels finally fall off from their mismanagement and plundering of American society.

OneDoug, as to why they don’t eliminate the BOR in total, it’s because what the BOR states is irrelevant if the population is unarmed and the Justice system is run by the perpetrators of this travesty. Why make the news changing the law[s] when you can just ignore them...


9 posted on 08/27/2014 7:19:47 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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The sad truth is that there are enough brain numbed lib voters in Washington States I-5 corridor to pass this piece of anti 2nd Amendment screed (I594) without a dime of the elitests money.


10 posted on 08/27/2014 7:50:47 AM PDT by rickomatic
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Gates is not serious...only a million? Its like me spending a thousandth of a penny to get Romney elected.

If he was serious, he would put up 10 billion and just flat out *buy* the NRA & all gun manufacturers, then shut them all down..

...f'n creeps, just like chaos and continued strife & setting us at each other's throats....

...f'n creeps.....

11 posted on 08/27/2014 8:08:43 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (....give war a chance.....)
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I suppose shooting the bastard would be counterproductive... sigh.


12 posted on 08/27/2014 1:10:33 PM PDT by oldfart (Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
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They’ll spend it all on drugs.


13 posted on 08/27/2014 1:12:54 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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