r/politics Foreign Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/kenman884 Dec 13 '17

That is a damn reasonable response. I find it hard to believe most people from either side would disagree with that stance.

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u/JennyBeckman Dec 13 '17

This has long been my stance and I've had numerous debates on reddit and irl about 2A. The prevailing opinion seems to be no laws should be in place to in any way limit gun ownership. It's indefensible and there is never a reason given other than that's their interpretation of the 2nd.

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u/TIGHazard United Kingdom Dec 13 '17

Can confirm, have seen many Democrat AMA's where people agree with the dem on every issue, except the dem wants background checks and so that voter says "That's going to take away guns" and say they will refuse to vote for the dem because of that.

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u/kenman884 Dec 13 '17

Okay so a criminal with multiple convictions for gun violence is allowed to purchase a fully automatic assault rifle? Sounds reasonable.

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u/cbslinger Dec 13 '17

The modern right doesn't just want 'conservatism', they want actual regression. They want the repeal of any and all laws around gun ownership. By that metric, it could be said that Doug Jones is 'anti gun' by comparison.