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TexasGal wrote: She is not our friend.

Ultra_Solo_Sig_0904 wrote:as long as he doesn't have completely opposite views on a couple other subjects he'd have my vote!

cb1000rider wrote:

Ultra_Solo_Sig_0904 wrote:as long as he doesn't have completely opposite views on a couple other subjects he'd have my vote!

Like what? Like you - I'm not going to vote for a candidate *just* because of 2nd amendment views. Those views are bonus, but they're not the "meat".

cb1000rider wrote:

Ultra_Solo_Sig_0904 wrote:as long as he doesn't have completely opposite views on a couple other subjects he'd have my vote!

Like what? Like you - I'm not going to vote for a candidate *just* because of 2nd amendment views. Those views are bonus, but they're not the "meat".

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

Tic Tac wrote:

baldeagle wrote:The liberals are working very hard to take over Texas. They've made it their special project. I guarantee you his support of open carry and campus carry will be used to smear him as an extremist. He'd better be ready to defend himself

You can see it on some gun forums already with the fifth columnists rampng up their smear tactics on open carry.

Please clarify this statement.

Vol Texan wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

Tic Tac wrote:

baldeagle wrote:The liberals are working very hard to take over Texas. They've made it their special project. I guarantee you his support of open carry and campus carry will be used to smear him as an extremist. He'd better be ready to defend himself

You can see it on some gun forums already with the fifth columnists rampng up their smear tactics on open carry.

Please clarify this statement.

This is only a guess, but I think he's referring to the 'fifth estate', which is a term used to describe the web bloggers. It's an extension of the 'fourth estate' which is a term used to describe the media in general.

From Wikipedia:

Making reference to the medieval concept of "three estates of the realm" (Clergy, Nobility and Commons) and to a more recently developed model of "four estates", which encompasses the media, Nayef Al-Rodhan introduces the weblogs (blogs) as a "fifth estate of the realm". Blogs have potential and real influence on contemporary policymaking, especially in the context of elections, reporting from conflict zones, and raising dissent over corporate or congressional policies. Based on these observations, Al-Rodhan suggests moving beyond traditional thinking that limits the “estates of the realm” to governmental action and proposes a broader perspective in which civilians or anyone with access to a computer and the Internet can contribute to the global political change and security.[5]

So...perhaps he means a bunch of trolls out there on other gun forums already ramping up the rhetoric in advance of the 2014 gubernatorial election.

Charles L. Cotton wrote: I care a lot about issues other than guns, but a candidate's position on guns and the Second Amendment is my first inquiry. If they are wrong on either, then I don't care how they feel about anything else. They cannot overcome being wrong on freedom's litmus test.
Chas.

SQLGeek wrote:I hope we can replace him with somebody just as qualified.

Keith B wrote:

baldeagle wrote: The leftists are spending megabucks here to turn the state blue.

The state is turning blue because they are trying to choke the living crap out of everything good thing there is here.

nightmare69 wrote:If we go blue state income tax will not be far behind. I hate to say this but I see it happening within the next decade, I pray that I am wrong.

I care a lot about issues other than guns, but a candidate's position on guns and the Second Amendment is my first inquiry. If they are wrong on either, then I don't care how they feel about anything else. They cannot overcome being wrong on freedom's litmus test.

Chas.