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Poll: Dems should really run on gun control in the midterms
hotair.com ^ | 8/1/2018 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 08/02/2018 9:47:24 AM PDT by rktman

Have Americans turned against the Second Amendment? “The center has shifted on this issue,” one source in Roll Call’s report tells Nathan Gonzales, but has the center really shifted on gun control? It depends on the view, apparently. Gonzales reports that a new poll shows that Democrats have the upper hand in the gun-control debate, but this might be a trap:

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018issues; 2018midterms; 2a; banglist; gunvote; kaba; midterms
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No, go ahead and run on "Screw the constitution" messaging. Oh, and toss in ending capitalism while you're at it.
1 posted on 08/02/2018 9:47:24 AM PDT by rktman
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Come on Democrats, run on raising taxes, stealing guns, killing babies, raising gas prices, banning straws, etc.

You know you want to - I mean, I’m not even reaching into the far left with any of that, that’s about as ‘mainstream’ as liberals get.

Make that Blue Wave rise and flood out all those nasty Republicans. And then you can impeach Trump too and crown Hillary the winner nearly 2 years late.

Trust me, I’ll hold the football still for you THIS time...


2 posted on 08/02/2018 9:51:05 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Back in the summer of 2017, they should have sat down and picked two decent things to campaign upon. At present, there is no real message, and any national efforts are just a joke.


3 posted on 08/02/2018 9:52:15 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Campaign on the idea that you and your family should be completely defenseless and exposed to harm.


4 posted on 08/02/2018 9:54:05 AM PDT by GregoTX
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I completely agree.


5 posted on 08/02/2018 9:54:08 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: pepsionice

Where’s David Hogg? Haven’t seen him in the news recently.


6 posted on 08/02/2018 9:54:36 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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They’re already running on anti-gun platforms! Look at all of the Democrats in the Florida governor’s race. Every last one of them is proposing gun control with some even espousing an executive order to ban “assault weapons.”

Pray for our nation.


7 posted on 08/02/2018 9:54:53 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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"...run on "Screw the constitution"..."

Sure, that and "open/no borders". And repeal of the income tax cuts. Run on that, too.

8 posted on 08/02/2018 9:55:55 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

9 posted on 08/02/2018 9:56:02 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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Yes...only racist, psychotic Nazi policemen (Dems words) should have guns sounds like a winning platform.
10 posted on 08/02/2018 9:56:43 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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If the Dems ran on what they actually have in mind they’d get 20% of the vote. Deceit is what it’s all about, and that starts with the polls.


11 posted on 08/02/2018 9:57:26 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Gun control: Breath, Hold, Squeeze.


12 posted on 08/02/2018 9:58:13 AM PDT by CMSMC
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Oh, please Democrats! Run on these WINNING ISSUES!

(Winning for the GOP that is)

Listen to CNN, MSNBC, Media Matters, Democratic Underground, TYT, Hollywood, Bill Maher and Rob Reiner. They’re sooooo wise!


13 posted on 08/02/2018 9:58:45 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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I don’t think there is any issue, except perhaps abortion, that more depends on the context and wording of the question.

Even here in the People’s Republic of California amongst liberal friends and family I know of no one who thinks all guns should be taken away. On the other hand, even as someone who considers themselves well to the extreme of the NRA or GOA in terms of RKBA, I know people who simply should *NOT* have a gun or access to one, and a bunch of others who sure as hell shouldn’t have one without some verified training, at least if I or my family were within range.

I could word a survey to get you any result you wanted, indeed the hard part of polling is to actually create and ask truly neutral questions.


14 posted on 08/02/2018 9:58:58 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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It depends were you live..and take the poll


15 posted on 08/02/2018 9:59:42 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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16 posted on 08/02/2018 10:00:43 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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Sure, the big Senate races are in Florida, Missouri, West Virginia, North Dakota, Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, Montana, Indiana.

Have all the Democrats run on gun control, it’s a sure winner. I can picture Heidi Heitkamp’s campaign commercial now: “I vow to stand with leader Chuck Schumer and vote for his gun control package.”


17 posted on 08/02/2018 10:03:57 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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I hope every anti-gunner is subjected to lawless behavior from bad guys.


18 posted on 08/02/2018 10:04:41 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Gee I am 18 and the world knows beyond a reasonable doubt that I am dumb and clueless.


19 posted on 08/02/2018 10:05:19 AM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: kingu
Come on Democrats, run on raising taxes, stealing guns, killing babies, raising gas prices, banning straws, etc.

Yeah, a sane person would read this list and be appalled. Problem is, we're not a sane country anymore.

20 posted on 08/02/2018 10:07:02 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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