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Gun Control & RKBA

The Polack MSgt

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4. I was "lucky" that I was young enough when the steel/coal economy died...

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 22, 2017, 01:32 PM

Mar 2017

To join the Air Force and get out.

Also, my home town was not segregated and had a lot more black families than the vast majority of mill and mine towns around - So I was slightly less racist because I had friends and team mates around to moderate my attitudes. Not saying I was a Saint - I was better than average in late 70s Appalachia, which looking back, made me pretty egregiously racist...

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I'm seeing a bunch of articles about "Hillbillies" & other rural whites... [View all] The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 OP

OK, if I may offer this DonCoquixote Mar 2017 #1

I'm not saying that this mind set is 100% correct or... The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #2

More than 80% of gun owners are nonhunters. benEzra Mar 2017 #9

Interesting how drumpf tapped into the darker side of people's souls. democratisphere Mar 2017 #3

I was "lucky" that I was young enough when the steel/coal economy died... The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #4

Great OP TPMS, when the GOP discovered wedge issues they hit dae Mar 2017 #5

Great post. Many of us are great at *posing* tolerant. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #6

Not according to the Democratic Party oneshooter Mar 2017 #7

Face palm pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #8

NC elected a pro-gun Dem governor but rejected Clinton by 200K votes. benEzra Mar 2017 #10

If that isn't a perfect example pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #11

Democrats are in group #3 re. "gun control". pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #12