• @kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Bernie had this right. Despite being pretty progressive, he wasn’t for outlawing semiautomatic firearms because they were black and looked scary. He believed that the right to arms was justified. This “AR Ban” is a great way to lose a lot of independents, and even some hard D voters like myself. There are a lot of dems who carry, and a lot of them who own the very firearms he wants to ban.

    • @danc4498@lemmy.world
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      182 months ago

      I had a friend that said he only voted for Trump in 2016 cause he felt like he needed somebody to protect his rights to own a gun. This guy that “protected” host rights to own a fun also did massive amounts of damage to other people rights.

      I wish Dems would quit talking about guns. It’s a mistake.

    • @Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      132 months ago

      As an independent, I could care less about this sort of thing. I see it as virtue signaling to staunch democrats. It won’t win him a single vote, since his entire platform has always been about being a super traditional Democrat.

      We need new traditions, not rehashing of old, tired trades against things like specific types of guns and obesity.

      • @JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
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        72 months ago

        The failed Trump shooter used a rifle completely appropriate for the distance. He was just a “comically bad” shooter, according to acquaintances.

    • Drusas
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      112 months ago

      He wasn’t against outlawing them because they looked scary implies that he was in favor of outlawing them because they looked scary.

      I think you mean he was against outlawing them because they looked scary.

    • chingadera
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      102 months ago

      He’s not gonna do shit, he’s just gonna continue to bark at one of the symptoms of the problem.