# Why does this board lean Democrat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-board-lean-democrat/656626 "2013-04-24T23:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 480
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-board-lean-democrat/656626/480 "2013-05-11T00:34:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You are misinformed. He said no such thing. Well: > [@Yet another reason to Pit the NRA - no taggants in gunpowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-pit-the-nra-no-taggants-in-gunpowder/656031/521): > > The NRA had nothing to do with the lack of taggants in fireworks gunpowder. > [@Yet another reason to Pit the NRA - no taggants in gunpowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-pit-the-nra-no-taggants-in-gunpowder/656031/522): > > Now, perhaps the NRA only offered opposition to taggants in firearm gunpowder, and specifically exempted fireworks gunpowder. “Oh, yeah, sure, fireworks gunpowder should be tagged, yeah, we are totally on board with that!” Seems unlikely, but if you offer me a citation to that effect… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-board-lean-democrat/656626)._