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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by oaththrowaway on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:01PM (#37550201)
Republicans only care about gun rights when Democrats are in office. Same with Democrats about abortion. Neither do anything to reinforce either right when they control a majority of the branches of government.
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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by gruez on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:22PM (#37550354)
>Neither do anything to reinforce either right when they control a majority of the branches of government.

Unfortunately "control a majority of the branches of government" isn't enough to get legislation passed. You need control of house, senate, and presidency. The senate is particularly difficult because of filibusterers, so you need 60% votes, not a simple majority.

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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by jasonladuke0311 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @09:32PM (#37551186)
Read: they aren’t willing to spend the political capital. Which shows how much they truly value the issue. Much easier to bolster the status quo. Bonus: when that issue is under attack, you can rally the troops by saying “see? They’re coming after us!”
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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by netsharc on Monday September 18, 2023 @07:47AM (#37554925)
Obama said Sandy Hook was the worst day of his presidency, and his biggest regret was not being able to change US gun laws[1], being blocked by congress. He did spend a lot of the Dem's political capital in the first term fighting for better healthcare/Obamacare.

[1] https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/former-p...

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