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Old October 12, 2017, 12:02 PM   #123
carguychris
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Originally Posted by Bartholomew Roberts
...[the NRA has] undone any progress they had made on convincing NFA types that they wouldn't underbus them in a heartbeat AND they've massively angered their most hardcore supporters. The very people who would have never been alienated from the NRA by pro-gun control media are now alienated from NRA and the NRA is not getting new moderate members for that move either - all of those people still think the NRA is too extreme.
All arguably true, but I think there's something more to the NRA's position that what can be seen in public. I think they may have been maneuvered into a Catch-22 behind closed doors.

Refer back to my post #73.
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Originally Posted by =Bartholomew Roberts
And I might add that the gun control is going to be "bipartisan" with multiple GOP [congressmen] sponsoring it.
The bus may be coming for them first. Perhaps a NYC subway train would be a better analogy.
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