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Showing Original Post only (View all)Mother Jones: "The NRA Surge: 99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions" [View all]
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/map-gun-laws-2009-2012The NRA Surge: 99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions
In the past four years a barrage of measures across 37 states have made it easier to own, carry, and conceal firearms.
By Mark Follman, Tasneem Raja, and Ben Breedlove
Wed Sep. 26, 2012 3:01 AM PDT
Since 2009, the NRA and its allies in state capitols have pushed through 99 laws making guns easier to own, easier to carry in publiceight states now even allow them in barsand harder for the government to track. More than two-thirds of the laws were passed by Republican-controlled legislatures, though often with bipartisan support...
In the past four years a barrage of measures across 37 states have made it easier to own, carry, and conceal firearms.
By Mark Follman, Tasneem Raja, and Ben Breedlove
Wed Sep. 26, 2012 3:01 AM PDT
Since 2009, the NRA and its allies in state capitols have pushed through 99 laws making guns easier to own, easier to carry in publiceight states now even allow them in barsand harder for the government to track. More than two-thirds of the laws were passed by Republican-controlled legislatures, though often with bipartisan support...
At least MoJo allows dissenting voices in the comments- and boy, are there quite a few dissenters, mostly about the conspicuous lack of new gun crimes.
I'd also note that we were assured here at DU not so long ago that the influence of the NRA was overstated. Looks like the antis want it both ways...
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Mother Jones: "The NRA Surge: 99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions" [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
OP
Not humor- fact. Violent crime and murder rates are down, per the FBI.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#2
*crime rates* are falling, generally, which is of course, good. But the episodes of gun violence
villager
Oct 2012
#15
Substitute a quantitative argument, which you will lose, for a qualitative argument
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#23
Regardless of the cause, you do agree that there are fewer shootings, injuries and deaths, right?
hack89
Oct 2012
#10
some citizens are more equal than others. tell that to Tom Tomorrow and while you are it
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#30
why do you care what delicate flowers do? trust me - we are just blowing in the wind.
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#63
Congratulations, BongBong, you're down to 18 hidden posts in the last 90 dats.
aikoaiko
Oct 2012
#77
This was during the midterms , too bad some Democrats can't get over this
former-republican
Oct 2012
#22
" Liberalism is about expanding the rights of the people, not constricting them. "
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#44
If you study history, suffrage was considered detrimental at the time of the constitution.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#67
Liberalism is always on firm footing when it seeks to EXPAND the rights of the individual.
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#52
There is no right that can be exercised by a collective that cannot also be exercised by an individu
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#71
I'd take these articles more seriously if they weren't all predicated on: the NRA wants X,
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#24
Will someone PLEASE, in the name of all that is Holy, tell MJ to unfuck their site....
PavePusher
Oct 2012
#25
HA! Maybe they got too much objection to the article and put out a World-wide Hoo-Doo!nt
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#35