>> 1) No single position should be a "disqualifier".
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> For better or for worse, 2nd Amendment advocates disagree
> with you.
There are lots of single issue voters who hold "this" or "that" to be inviolable and refuse to ally with anyone who doesn't support their point of view in its entirety.
I'm sure it gives them warm cockles of self-righteousness all over their insides.
It's also a recipe for getting beaten like a red headed step child at election time.