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How Democrats plan to use gun control to beat Trump
The Politico ^ | August 12, 2019 | David Siders

Posted on 08/12/2019 1:11:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

DES MOINES — A Democratic presidential field that has struggled to precisely define its general election indictment of Donald Trump appears finally to have found it.

In the wake of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas — the latter of which was tied to a suspect whose anti-immigrant sentiments led to the killing of 22 people — candidates are road-testing a withering argument that draws a direct line between gun violence and the president’s racist rhetoric.

“We are living with a toxic brew of two different things, each of which is claiming lives and each of which represents a national security emergency in this country,” South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said at a forum on gun violence here on Saturday. “One of them is the ready availability of guns and the way they can fall into the wrong hands. The other is the rise of hate. And when they come into contact with each other, it is deadly.”

The previous day, Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and Obama Cabinet secretary, made an equally explicit connection before arriving at the Iowa State Fair: “Disarm Hate: Combating White Nationalism and Gun Violence,” he titled the gun control proposal he released to coincide with the weekend of campaigning.

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I highly encourage them to pursue this.


21 posted on 08/12/2019 2:23:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.")
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To: tet68

Yep.


22 posted on 08/12/2019 2:24:55 PM PDT by sport
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To: T-Bird45

Bush stopped import of “assault weapons” by executive order. I don’t think that had the same blowback as the AW Ban, though it was the start of the current hardliners defense of the 2A.


23 posted on 08/12/2019 2:33:37 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

“hardline”


24 posted on 08/12/2019 2:34:17 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is their worst idea yet.


25 posted on 08/12/2019 2:59:24 PM PDT by Tom in SFCA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His EO against bump-fire stocks clearly stands in violation of both the 2nd Amendment and the Separation of Powers, but that doesn’t seem to have hurt his poll numbers much.


26 posted on 08/12/2019 3:14:20 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yup!He PROMISED not to mess with 2A


27 posted on 08/12/2019 3:17:09 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: Paal Gulli
"His EO against bump-fire stocks clearly stands in violation of both the 2nd Amendment and the Separation of Powers, but that doesn’t seem to have hurt his poll numbers much."

Sorry, that should have been 2nd and 4th Amendments, forfeiture of property bought lawfully with no compensation for its loss. Violation of Due Process.

28 posted on 08/12/2019 3:18:20 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Guess I’m buying another gun.


29 posted on 08/12/2019 3:24:21 PM PDT by moovova
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said...”

I know, or actually knew, a guy who was gay and who got murdered (in Los Angeles). Most likely a ‘lover’s dispute’, and not the first time something like that has happened there.

I’m not saying that Mayor Pete knows anything about it, but I will say that he really should address the needs of his own community first, before lecturing to others.


30 posted on 08/12/2019 3:41:32 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A complete crap article looking for unicorns and rainbows. If you want to completely end lefist BS, learn how to deliver a right cross.


31 posted on 08/12/2019 4:26:15 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can tell just by watching local Miami media. The push today was how “gun control” is on everyone’s mind.

Then a long list of Democrat talking points.

This is a plan.

I think the fake news is marching to the orders of the left wing politicians. Both should lose.


32 posted on 08/12/2019 5:18:12 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They helped kill hundreds of Mexicans before and will kill many Americans in their delusion.


33 posted on 08/12/2019 9:37:30 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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