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spanone

(135,802 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:28 AM Oct 2017

58 dead in Las Vega and no debate on guns......nra wins again

nothing on the 'bump stocks'

nothing on nothing.

nothing

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58 dead in Las Vega and no debate on guns......nra wins again (Original Post) spanone Oct 2017 OP

way too early to talk about gun control!! Laf.La.Dem. Oct 2017 #1

Fuck the NRA! Initech Oct 2017 #2

This incident exposed a lot about the nature of the NRA Amishman Oct 2017 #4

NRA, domestic terror supporters. doodsaq Oct 2017 #3

Double that number and nothing would happen either dalton99a Oct 2017 #5

It's not even really discussed much here at DU in the 2 groups dedicated to the issue Kaleva Oct 2017 #6

after sandy hook i lost any hope for gun reform. spanone Oct 2017 #7

There used to be talk that until a member of Congress was shot, there will be no reform Kaleva Oct 2017 #8

The only thing the NRA dreads is a quick succession of events like Las Vegas Awsi Dooger Oct 2017 #9

Laf.La.Dem.

(2,943 posts)

1. way too early to talk about gun control!!

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:30 AM

Oct 2017

Initech

(100,054 posts)

2. Fuck the NRA!

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:35 AM

Oct 2017

They crossed the line from being the gun lobby into being a full blown hate group, and they might be the biggest terrorist group in America. We give them way too much power. It's time to take that power back.

Amishman

(5,554 posts)

4. This incident exposed a lot about the nature of the NRA

Reply to Initech (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 01:58 PM

Oct 2017

The NRA initially came out in favor of restrictions on bump stocks. Their base rebelled... Refusing to consider even that tiny step. The NRA quickly walked it back and redefined their request to be the narrowest, most toothless approach of requesting a revised ATF ruling. Their membership proved to be more extreme than their leadership.

The NRA is only powerful because of the huge mass of fanatical gun owners that back and drive them. As I said before, if the NRA vanished tomorrow there would be a new huge gun group with the same aims within a month.

doodsaq

(120 posts)

3. NRA, domestic terror supporters.

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Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:36 AM

Oct 2017

dalton99a

(81,426 posts)

5. Double that number and nothing would happen either

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Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:01 PM

Oct 2017

Kaleva

(36,291 posts)

6. It's not even really discussed much here at DU in the 2 groups dedicated to the issue

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Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:03 PM

Oct 2017

spanone

(135,802 posts)

7. after sandy hook i lost any hope for gun reform.

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:10 PM

Oct 2017

after vegas they gave lip service to regulating the 'stocks' but that's not even going to happen.

the nra owns congress.

Kaleva

(36,291 posts)

8. There used to be talk that until a member of Congress was shot, there will be no reform

Reply to spanone (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:17 PM

Oct 2017

Well, that's happened twice now and nothing has come of it. Mass shootings have also lost their shock value.

Gun control seems to be impossible to attain so maybe the emphasis ought to be on safety and training.

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)

9. The only thing the NRA dreads is a quick succession of events like Las Vegas

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:22 PM

Oct 2017

Obviously nobody wants that. But only that scenario would force the issue into outrage and priority for an extended period. Otherwise the right wing knows all they have to do is fade a few weeks and attention shifts.

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