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John McCain vs. Gun Owners
JamesBovard.com ^ | Septemer 5, 2018 | James Bovard

Posted on 09/07/2018 7:27:37 PM PDT by OddLane

“YOU DIDN’T HAVE a conservative senator from the West leading the charge for gun control before now,” Michael Barnes, the head now, of Handgun Control, bragged to the Los Angeles Times in April. The gun control debate in Washington has hit center stage because Sen. John McCain, R Ariz., has now become one of the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment.

In early April, the Senate passed McCain’s campaign finance reform bill to severely restrict Americans’ freedom of speech. Now, McCain has joined with Al Gore running mate Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D Conn. a gun ban advocate rated ” F ” by NRA’S Political Victory Fund in championing legislation to close the so called “gun show loophole”.

McCain is the poster boy for Americans for Gun Safety (AGS) the newest high profile anti gun group appearing in their television ads calling for new federal restrictions on gun shows. Andrew McKelvey, the billionaire founder of AGS, also bankrolled key television ads supporting McCain’s campaign finance bill...

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 247mccainonfr; banglist; dirtnapping; hesdeadjim; hesintheground; mccain; mccainisstilldead; rkba

1 posted on 09/07/2018 7:27:37 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane
Fear not,Freepers...Juan McStain is rotting in hell as I type.
2 posted on 09/07/2018 7:32:13 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: OddLane

He ain’t carrying shite now.


3 posted on 09/07/2018 7:42:20 PM PDT by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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To: OddLane

Who?


4 posted on 09/07/2018 8:03:02 PM PDT by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: OddLane

The name sounds vaguely familiar but the stench of it reminded me who he was.

He’s dead Jim.


5 posted on 09/07/2018 8:41:16 PM PDT by Boomer
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