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In reply to the discussion: Why did I do such a 180 on guns? [View all]DirkGently
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Not the hunters or plinkers or country people or ex-cops or military. There are rational conversations to be had about arms and the Constitution, and public safety.
What is getting in the way is the CRAZY TALK. LaPierre calling ATF jack-booted Nazis out to murder Americans. Claiming that registration is a government conspiracy to take guns.
All of those misleading / misused / deliberately misunderstood rhetorical nuggets about how we'd all just kill each other with steak knives and armed society is polite society and how crime goes down when you shoot people for stealing.
The whole NRA cult of crazy is built for one thing -- to SCARE people into BUYING lots of guns and lots of ammo.
First thing we do, we need to stuff that batshit organization into a hole and seal it up. The sportsmen and hunters and target shooters need to start over with a new organization that just cuts all the crazy right the fuck out.
Then we can talk about this stuff, and maybe get somewhere.