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Gun Control Reform Activism

Progressive dog

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11. You have a strange definition of lost

Reply to graham4anything (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:15 PM

Apr 2013

We won no battles today. The NRA proved that no matter how looney tunes their demands are, 90% of the Republicans in the Senate will meet those demands and asked if there's anything else they'd like.
The NRA proved that it does not matter what the voters want, they own the Republican votes.
The NRA is continuing their domination of gun issues.

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The NRA lost a battle bigtime in the National reciprocity amendment. It failed 57-43 [View all] graham4anything Apr 2013 OP

A link below with MORE amendments that failed... Tx4obama Apr 2013 #1

How do I access the vote on the bill itself? BainsBane Apr 2013 #10

Click on the five digit number in the first column under the VOTE heading for each amendement Tx4obama Apr 2013 #12

I thought it was 56-44 BainsBane Apr 2013 #13

See my previous comment, I've added an extra link to the amendment. n/t Tx4obama Apr 2013 #15

found it BainsBane Apr 2013 #14

The only good news here Bolo Boffin Apr 2013 #2

Politics is really just a big game of give and take shedevil69taz Apr 2013 #3

This is a major defeat for the NRA. The NRA has in effect fired their final shot. They are done. graham4anything Apr 2013 #4

Not really sure how its a HUGE defeat for them shedevil69taz Apr 2013 #7

HOSTS please. Terms of this group- graham4anything Apr 2013 #8

NRA gives, and its craven coward suck-ups take........... lastlib Apr 2013 #9

It's battle between Americans and the gun manufacturer lobby CreekDog Apr 2013 #17

Yet CCW reciprocity gets more votes than Toomey-Manchin Pullo Apr 2013 #5

Yes it does. Because the poison pen was known as a poison pen. graham4anything Apr 2013 #6

You have a strange definition of lost Progressive dog Apr 2013 #11

We did 'win' one, in a sense jimmy the one Apr 2013 #16