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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by bananabreakfast on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:07PM (#28555886)
This is silly, because Gun laws are a central part of the platform and can't be abandoned.

This is like saying if Republicans just dropped anti-immigration from their platform they'd gain a ton of people who don't vote for them because they're Mexican.

Any move like this fundamentally alienates the base.

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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by zepto on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:11PM (#28557665)
It seems highly unlikely to me that many people would switch from D to R if the democrats stopped pursuing gun control.

On the other hand I know many people who will hold their nose and vote R only because they don’t want to lose their gun rights.

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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by oaktrout on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:07PM (#28557621)
What keeps a party's platform from changing? Would former republicans vote democrat if the republican party dropped its anti-immigration stance? Surely not, as there is still abortion, taxes, guns, etc.
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