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To: Alighieri who wrote (697520)	2/6/2013 8:09:48 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574854

That's our Taro. Totally clueless, yet deludes himself that he is cluefull...

To: Alighieri who wrote (697520)	2/6/2013 12:36:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

When an NRA endorsement hurts, not helps By Steve Benen - Wed Feb 6, 2013 11:20 AM EST Public Policy Polling's latest national survey included an interesting question about the nation's leading lobbying organization on guns: "Much has been made in recent weeks about the NRA's political strength, but PPP's newest national poll finds more voters consider their endorsement to be a negative than a positive. 39% say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who had the NRA's support to just 26% who say they'd be more likely to." I put together a nice little pie chart to help drive the point home. Among self-identified independent voters, the results were roughly the same: PPP found that "41% consider an NRA endorsement to be a turn off to 27% who say it's a plus." Annie-Rose Strasser added, "This information serves to bust the myth that the NRA is an all-powerful lobbying group that dictates political outcomes. While the organization may enjoy wide support among those politicians whose campaigns it bankrolls, soon there may be few of such politicians left; in 2012, only .81 percent of the group’s spending went to politicians who won. And if the NRA is having a negative influence on swing voters as well, then it really has no sway on political elections overall." In related news, former Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio), the head of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership, said women voters, in particular, will continue to keep their distance from the GOP so long as the party "is seen as in the pocket of the NRA and not willing to engage in the conversation."

To: Alighieri who wrote (697520)	2/6/2013 12:38:25 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574854

ALL of the countries above the USA have 100% gun BANS. I picked the first two, just to check your claim...and as I suspected, your statement is not true... what's the source of your illustrious list (NK?) Its rather amazing that a European would take such a stand. I can understand why he left Sweden. ;)

To: Alighieri who wrote (697520)	2/6/2013 2:32:40 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

You mean, the first 2 don't have gun bans or what? /Taro

To: Alighieri who wrote (697520)	2/7/2013 6:41:44 AM
From: Taro	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1574854

Then pick better next time :) While the list has some flaws and may not be 100% correct, enough of it is. So, next time go on picking and don't be so lazy, OK? /Taro Honduras Institutes Public Gun Ban Hoping to Curb Trafficking and Murder tropicaldaily.com Jamaica's Bloody Lesson On Guns 25.05.2010 – Since banning handguns in 1974, Jamaica's murder rate has become one of the highest in the world. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/25/john-lott-kingston-jamaica-murder-gun-ban-violence-chicago-washington/ Venezuela's Chavez bans gun ownership and firearms sales ... examiner.com bbc.co.uk 03.06.2012 – In a move sure to make the American gun-control lobby green with envy and Second Amendment advocates wary, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez... And here some ideas from and the history of how they were practised by some fellow lefti VIPs: thewebfairy.com