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Will Republicans FINALLY Talk About Gun Control For Real During The Fifth Republican Debate?
bustle.com ^ | 12/15/2015 | Melissa Cruz

Posted on 12/15/2015 10:47:00 AM PST by rktman

Though presidential candidates' Twitter feeds have been littered with calls for prayers after the multiple mass shootings these past few weeks, it's anyone's guess as to whether Republicans will finally talk about gun control in substance come Tuesday's debate. The conservative candidates have been notorious for skirting the topic, choosing to back their NRA interests over rigorous debate. But with the Planned Parenthood and San Bernardino shootings happening within just days of one another, will the Republican candidates finally take aim at gun control?

Their past record of doing so has been weak.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol; selections
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To: PROCON

Bingo!


21 posted on 12/15/2015 11:04:17 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" 6Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Twinkie

“That gun has never in all its days jumped up, loaded
itself and shot anyone.” Obviously it needs more training.


22 posted on 12/15/2015 11:04:45 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

This idiot Governor of Virginia has just turned more concealed carrying citizens into criminals - he recently enacted new carry laws that say NO concealed carry - permit or not - in State offices, buildings, even to people who may rent a building from the State.

This includes REST AREAS and I guess he ‘forgot’ to include the parking lots of the Government facilities.

Bad enough that it effects US but it also specifies NO carry by off duty police either.

I guess there is no sense or need for Congress or Senate at Federal or State Level if the President (in this case pResident) or Governor can just do what he wants to AND NO ONE stands up to him.

We are getting closer to sharping pitch forks, heating up the tar pots and gathering feathers.


23 posted on 12/15/2015 11:05:30 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98) Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice!!!)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL! No fly, no buy.


24 posted on 12/15/2015 11:06:25 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

I’d fly it.

Wouldn’t buy it though.


25 posted on 12/15/2015 11:11:20 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: Pollster1

The only gun control credentials I want to see from the Republican candidates is a nice grouping of shots on a target. Maybe have the next debate at a firing range. I already wear 30dB hearing protection whenever Hillary is around.


26 posted on 12/15/2015 11:13:03 AM PST by KarlInOhio (CNBC = Clowns Neutered By Cruz)
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To: rktman

Control of WHAT guns, Melissa?

Let’s hear the answer to that question first.


27 posted on 12/15/2015 11:14:11 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: KarlInOhio

Exactly... an excerpt perhaps from the “Eddie Eagle” gun safety course.


28 posted on 12/15/2015 11:15:51 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: Twinkie

It shouldn’t have to load itself. I should already be loaded.


29 posted on 12/15/2015 11:16:39 AM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: rktman

I hope so too- I hope at least one of them asks “what gun control law would have stopped San Bernadino? Name it and I’ll implement it first thing”

AND MAKE THEM GIVE AN ANSWER

Banning guns would work exactly as well as making drugs illegal.


30 posted on 12/15/2015 11:18:01 AM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: MNJohnnie

Right now, Muslim control is just as important.


31 posted on 12/15/2015 11:19:29 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: rktman

Need more guns.


32 posted on 12/15/2015 11:20:30 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: rktman
Will Republicans FINALLY Talk About Gun Control For Real During The Fifth Republican Debate?

It is my personal opinion that the correct way to respond to the words "gun control" is to punch whomever says them in the mouth. Optimally hard enough to break some teeth.

The right to defend yourself is a natural and inherent right of man, and anyone seeking to take that away or infringe upon it is an enemy, and they need to be immediately assaulted and if possible injured badly enough so as to dissuade them of doing it again.

33 posted on 12/15/2015 11:21:00 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Lazamataz
"I'd hit it."

Please do - and take your time.

Anything to keep this rocket surgeon away from the keyboard for a while.

34 posted on 12/15/2015 11:26:18 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik ("Girls like to marry a military man - he already knows how to take orders.")
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To: rktman

All our liberties flow from the fact that Americans have the 2nd Amendment. Any candidate (even mine) who talks about weakening gun rights loses my support. If liberal states decide to restrict their citizens, its up to the citizens to vote people in who will restore their rights. National gun control laws are a violation of the 2nd, 4th and 10th amendments.


35 posted on 12/15/2015 11:27:46 AM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: rktman

The Lefties need to ask the Jewish survivors of WWII how gun control worked out for them.

Or relatives of the millions that starved under Stalin


36 posted on 12/15/2015 11:29:22 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are those committed by illegal aliens)
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To: Pollster1
Gun control is a complex topic that requires a great deal of attention to get right.

A shooter must simultaneously master trigger control, sight picture, breath control, and follow through. ....

Maybe we should move the debate to a local range. I believe I could happily vote for the candidate with the tightest, most accurate grouping.

37 posted on 12/15/2015 11:29:35 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL! You may not buy it but you could end up “paying” for it eventually.


38 posted on 12/15/2015 11:31:18 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Mr. K

Silly. Wolfie and company do the question asking. Not the wanna be’s.


39 posted on 12/15/2015 11:32:27 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And notice that their paradigm is to always side with the miscreants, to mitigate the evildoers among them, and to attempt to characterise the evildoers amongst them “rare exceptions”, but to try to punish the whole of the law-abiding tax-paying citizenry.


40 posted on 12/15/2015 11:36:28 AM PST by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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