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<blockquote data-quote="tulsanewb" data-source="post: 2515812" data-attributes="member: 2133"><p>Usually, not always. Not very many people align 100% with either party, and for some there are issues more important to them than guns and they have to make a compromise, as I'm sure everyone who has ever voted has had to do at some point. There are some good pro-gun liberal politicians (see Blue Dog Democrats), though they are few and far between. However, I would think the gun community as a whole would want pro-gun people on both sides rather than alienating supporters who may influence more liberal politicians to vote. I certainly don't think ANY good has ever come from name calling and bashing of the opposite side, it just reinforces the intolerant, backwards, hillbilly stereotype some who dislike guns but haven't researched them love so much to use as a way of avoiding debate. Articles about gun control supports being threatened and spit on... I somehow doubt that changed anyone's mind in our favor. This again is not directed at any one person, but at anyone who thinks the best way to win this battle of the minds is to scream, threaten, and beat our chests. I have to ask, do these same people act this way at work when they disagree with a coworker, or at home with a family member, or do they talk it out reasonably and not turn it into a personal attack? </p><p></p><p>// Off my soapbox now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulsanewb, post: 2515812, member: 2133"] Usually, not always. Not very many people align 100% with either party, and for some there are issues more important to them than guns and they have to make a compromise, as I'm sure everyone who has ever voted has had to do at some point. There are some good pro-gun liberal politicians (see Blue Dog Democrats), though they are few and far between. However, I would think the gun community as a whole would want pro-gun people on both sides rather than alienating supporters who may influence more liberal politicians to vote. I certainly don't think ANY good has ever come from name calling and bashing of the opposite side, it just reinforces the intolerant, backwards, hillbilly stereotype some who dislike guns but haven't researched them love so much to use as a way of avoiding debate. Articles about gun control supports being threatened and spit on... I somehow doubt that changed anyone's mind in our favor. This again is not directed at any one person, but at anyone who thinks the best way to win this battle of the minds is to scream, threaten, and beat our chests. I have to ask, do these same people act this way at work when they disagree with a coworker, or at home with a family member, or do they talk it out reasonably and not turn it into a personal attack? // Off my soapbox now. [/QUOTE]
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