You can be sure there are GOP dummies just aching to, held back only by Mitch McConnell –
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the frustrating Murder Turtle who nevertheless is no dummy – whispering in their ears that screwing us over on guns is just about the only thing that can turn an electoral environment of $6 a gallon gas and public school groomers into a Republican rout. No, this is not the time to go soft. No compromise on our gun rights. Not now. Not ever.