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To: rktman
But he cautioned readers to not assume every new gun owner is a single-issue voter.

But they do tend to become that way when the politicians and the activists try to take it away from them. That makes what was an abstract issue very personal indeed. It's easy to be a social activist when the changes you're demanding only apply to somebody else.

14 posted on 07/10/2020 8:57:21 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Cogent point.


16 posted on 07/10/2020 8:59:54 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Billthedrill
But they do tend to become that way when the politicians and the activists try to take it away from them. That makes what was an abstract issue very personal indeed. It's easy to be a social activist when the changes you're demanding only apply to somebody else.

Well said.

19 posted on 07/10/2020 10:00:11 AM PDT by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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