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The Anti-Gun Billionaires
nationalreview.com ^ | 9/2/2014 | Frank Miniter

Posted on 09/02/2014 8:31:37 AM PDT by rktman

Those on the left say they abhor big money’s corrupting influence in politics — until a leftist billionaire starts trying to sway public opinion. That’s okay with them, because, you know, old George Soros really isn’t creepy at all — he’s just a grandfatherly figure who gives like Santa Claus. And the same goes for Warren Buffett and Michael Bloomberg — their billions are okay, too. All Bloomberg wants is for the rest of us to give up tobacco, big gulps, and guns.

Now Bill Gates has joined on the great lefty-billionaire good-guy list. Gates is donating $1 million to push a voter initiative in Washington State that would require “universal background checks” for all would-be gun buyers. If it passes, all gun sales will have to be vetted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; billionaires; guncontrolnazis
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To: OldMissileer

When I lived in Alabama some years back you could carry a concealed pistol into a bar.


21 posted on 09/02/2014 3:07:44 PM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Beagle8U

When you put it that way . . .


22 posted on 09/03/2014 4:58:04 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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