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Name: Jaded Faded
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Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Many shootings not widely
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Time: 11:12:32 AM
Remote Address: 67.176.46.71
Message ID: 314142
Parent ID: 314132
Thread ID: 314030
Yes we do need to address the money and lobbyists, but even more we need to take back the argument and control of info. The NRA has achieved massive success in steering arguments and controlling the minds of too many blind and uninformed gun-owning voters who don't want to think hard enough and responsibly enough. Paramount is the problem of access and the invalid argument that "guns don't kill people, people kill people" and all the stuff about how it is all due to mental illness, which is also invalid.
Consider, I could say the following: "Heroin and cocaine don't kill people, people do, and many times it is people with mental illness." Yet heroin and cocaine are not legal or super easy to get. Or, I could say: "abortion doctors are just a tool, they don't kill babies, mentally ill expectant mothers do." Yet, attempts targeting medical practices to restrict access to abortions by states are pretty much unrelenting in huge swaths of the country, while real attempts by those same states to restrict access to damaging and unreasonable guns are almost nonexistent. They also argue that we need more guns everywhere so we can defend against shooters, but this is invalid too. It is unfair and insulting to expect teachers, counselors, clerks, etc. to carry around guns. That's what taxpayer-funded cops are for, and cops--who have training all the time--also fuck up ALL the TIME with their guns. Can you imagine how many fuck-ups there would be with teachers? And, would the NRA train (and PAY) all these teachers their regular salary plus a cop salary? More guns in the hands of people who don't want them is not the answer.
We cannot allow the NRA to brainwash us with untrue reasoning. They are very focused on that, as well as how the law works. They know exactly how important the Supreme Court is and even just yesterday Trump's announcement that the bump stock ban would go through the ATF is going along with what they want. The NRA knows that if things go through Congress they are a lot more binding and harder to undo. That is why they "allowed" Trump to make that announcement. Since they are under pressure right now because of the last few mass shootings they know they have to give something, but doing it through the Trump government is much less fearful to them than Congress because they know they can undo it soon enough and with future "investments" to the right candidates and officials with the correct triple A+ ratings!
The situation really is stupid. The most fundamental function of a government is to protect its citizens. But here we pay taxes for no protection.
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