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Why Hillary Clinton Thinks Gun Control Can Win in 2016 (TIME mag)
time.com ^ | 11/6/2015 | Sam Frizell

Posted on 11/06/2015 10:15:14 AM PST by rktman

Even though her approach alienates many gun owners.

Seven years ago, when Hillary Clinton was fighting a grueling Democratic primary battle against then-Sen. Barack Obama, she boasted of duck hunting and championed the Second Amendment. Clinton’s campaign in Indiana sent around negative mailers pasted with rifles, accusing Obama of being weak on gun rights. She talked of learning to shoot a gun as a child.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol; selections
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Sheesh. Where to start. A lot to work with here from her learning to shoot as a kid and duck hunting and championing the 2nd amendment to alienating SOME gun owners to time mag itself. Have at it. After all, it's all about the tradition of having guns to hunt. :>}
1 posted on 11/06/2015 10:15:14 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Feminists are big on gun ownership. Guns are the great equalizer.


2 posted on 11/06/2015 10:17:13 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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Hillary, we already have gun control laws. Lots of them. You saying we need more? Get the people who don’t obey the laws we already have.


3 posted on 11/06/2015 10:18:12 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: rktman

Her gun-grabbing bullcrap will cost her a number of states, just like it cost Al Gore Tennessee and Arkansas (Bill Clinton told Al Gore this is why he, Al Gore, lost).


4 posted on 11/06/2015 10:19:51 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Register liberals, not guns!)
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To: rktman

Is this gerbalist attempting to express a thought here?
“Even though her approach alienates many gun owners.”

I’m not giving Time magazine a hit.


5 posted on 11/06/2015 10:25:02 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: rktman

Frankly, theyre on to something here. Many hunters esp those who are liberals love this stuff. They arent ‘gun guys’ nor do they care about freedoms. All they care about is being able to hunt. Theyre most likely to sell out others for a promise that hunting wont be touched. What they fail to understand is theyre next on the list to get whacked. Over the years theyve reliably played the role of ‘useful idiot’.


6 posted on 11/06/2015 10:25:30 AM PST by 556x45
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Hitlary was a big fan of Hitler. When she was first lady of Arkansas she bought copies of Mein Kampf and passed them out as Christmas gifts. And, he loved gun control as we all know.


7 posted on 11/06/2015 10:29:01 AM PST by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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To: cuban leaf

She said that she wanted to join the Marines too. That is definitely a gun free zone.


8 posted on 11/06/2015 10:32:35 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Hitlary was a big fan of Hitler. When she was first lady of Arkansas she bought copies of Mein Kampf and passed them out as Christmas gifts.

Hey Trump, I know your people read FR. Why don't you vet this to make sure, and then publicly ask Hillary about it.

9 posted on 11/06/2015 10:34:00 AM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Slyfox
When she was first lady of Arkansas she bought and used dildos and then passed them out as Christmas gifts.

Yeb? Fixed it for you.

10 posted on 11/06/2015 10:36:39 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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Well, in 2015 it lost big time in Virginia.
11 posted on 11/06/2015 10:39:28 AM PST by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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“””Seven years ago... she boasted of duck hunting and championed the Second Amendment.”””

She is a professional politician.
Her answer to any question depends on who is asking and what the polls suggest is the best answer.
She is hardcore left campaigning right now... appealing to her left base.
After the primary, every stance on every issue will change and move center to try to appeal to center independents.

She is a chameleon. She adapts to her surroundings. After doing it for so many years, she can shoot a lie right out of her mouth without even thinking about it and it will be whatever you want to hear. The next person with the same question will get a different answer that they want to hear. Its second nature to her.
I don’t think she even knows how she stands anymore.


12 posted on 11/06/2015 10:39:54 AM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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They ALWAYS bring up ‘HUNTING’ as a smokescreen for the REAL reason for the 2nd Amendment, namely TO PROTECT US FROM GOVERNMENT TYRANNY, not huntin’ ducks.......................


13 posted on 11/06/2015 10:40:31 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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14 posted on 11/06/2015 10:41:43 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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Without contradicting any of her policy positions from 2008, Clinton is helping shape the national debate about firearms

Gee, this author isn't biased at all...

15 posted on 11/06/2015 10:43:37 AM PST by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: envisio

“She is a chameleon. She adapts to her surroundings. “ Man there must be a whole lot more ugly out there than I remember. LOL!


16 posted on 11/06/2015 10:44:18 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: WayneS

” national debate about firearms”. Well, I do sometimes debate on whether or not I prefer to use my .38 super or my 9mm. But I don’t go national with it.


17 posted on 11/06/2015 10:46:45 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

It will win for her in the primaries when her base is voting.
After the primaries, her stance will change.

No politician is dumb enough to think staunch gun control, up to and including confiscation, is going to win any general national election.

She will move toward center during the general campaign. She’s not stupid.


18 posted on 11/06/2015 10:46:48 AM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: cuban leaf

* Feminists are big on gun ownership. Guns are the great equalizer. *

Odd that Hilary, who pretends to be a champion of women would like more women shot by thugs that don’t care about any laws rather than allow them to defend themselves.

Odd only when you try not to think about how a Socialist government runs roughshod over the citizens once they are the only ones with the guns...


19 posted on 11/06/2015 10:47:24 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are those committed by illegal aliens)
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To: rktman
"I was born a poor, black child"


20 posted on 11/06/2015 10:48:20 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obama = ISIS Fanboy)
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