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    Default Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

    http://m.nydailynews.com/news/nation...icle-1.1916384

    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have donated $1 million to a Washington state campaign seeking to expand background checks on gun sales, bringing the total amount the campaign has brought in up to nearly $6 million.

    The donation to the Initiative 594 campaign was given Friday, but it was not made public until Monday, when it posted on the state’s Public Disclosure Commission website.

    I-594 would require background checks for all gun sales and transfers in Washington state, including at gun shows and for private sales. Under the measure, exemptions would exist, including gifts within a family and antiques.

    In a joint written statement issued Monday, the couple said that they believe I-594 “will be an effective and balanced approach to improving gun safety in our state by closing existing loopholes for background checks.”


    The large donation comes on the heels of fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s $500,000 donation earlier this month. Also last week, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer donated an additional $1 million, bring his total donation to the campaign to nearly $1.4 million.

    Other prominent figures who have made large donations to the campaign include former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, who have given $580,000.

    A rival campaign, Initiative 591, would prevent the state from adopting background-check laws that go beyond the national standard, which requires the checks for sales by licensed dealers but not for purchases from private sellers. That campaign has raised just over $1 million so far.

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    Default Re: Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

    It helps to have the liberal elite on your side.

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    Default Re: Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

    How many NRA memberships does it take to fight these asshats?

    Answer: Way more then the measly 5% of gun owners who are NRA members
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    Default Re: Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

    Quote Originally Posted by PocketProtector View Post
    How many NRA memberships does it take to fight these asshats?

    Answer: Way more then the measly 5% of gun owners who are NRA members
    I'll donate $12. If we all do we will match their funding.

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    Default Re: Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

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    To him thats like 10 bucks

    $76 billion
    Microsoft founder Bill Gates has regained top spot as the richest man in the US and the world. His net worth is estimated at $76 billion, $4 billion higher than Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim, who topped the Forbes rich list for the past 4 years.
    http://rt.com/business/gates-billion...rbes-2014-599/

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    Default Re: Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

    Typical elitist scum...they want us disarmed, while they have armed bodyguards

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    ATTN: ALL PAFOA MEMBERS

    If you want to be a "good member" on PAFOA you must stop using all Microsoft products immediately as profits from Microsoft are now being funneled to anti gun groups.

    I propose that we create a rule on the PAFOA server that will reject any requests from Microsoft based operating systems or browser.
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    Quote Originally Posted by QuackXP View Post
    ATTN: ALL PAFOA MEMBERS

    If you want to be a "good member" on PAFOA you must stop using all Microsoft products immediately as profits from Microsoft are now being funneled to anti gun groups.

    I propose that we create a rule on the PAFOA server that will reject any requests from Microsoft based operating systems or browser.
    While we are at it, Lets propose we ban any user that uses the internet to get on pafoa as Al Gore helped create the internet!
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    Default Re: Bill Gates and wife donate $1 million to gun control

    I spend lots of money on Amazon, a percentage of which supports our side and I just sent a small donation to NRA-ILA.
    Last edited by priell3; August 26th, 2014 at 12:29 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frenchy View Post
    While we are at it, Lets propose we ban any user that uses the internet to get on pafoa as Al Gore helped create the internet!
    I second, wait, how did I transmit this then?
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