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In reply to the discussion: It's very simple: If you want new gun control laws, you need the cooperation of legal gun owners. [View all]billh58
(6,640 posts)the way that the NRA wants you, and the rest of us, to view this "disdain." There are many gun owners who have a great amount of disdain for the NRA Gun Humpers, and are vocal about it, but the NRA and its apologists conveniently ignore that piece of the argument. The NRA, and its apologists, are attempting to convince American gun owners that gun control legislation will harm them personally, and that us mean old "Liberals" hate all of them.
The perpetuation of the falsehood that those of us who genuinely dislike the "cold dead hands" NRA die hard obstructionists who will not even discuss the regulation of firearms in the USA, is inclusive of ALL gun owners is purposeful disinformation. This is a very successful right-wing straw man tactic, and Democrats who parrot this "talking point" are in fact guilty of what they accuse gun control proponents of: blanket accusations.
There is ample room for common ground discussions in this country, but the NRA will not allow their bought-and-paid-for politicians to engage in ANY discussion of the subject. The real problem is NOT American gun control proponents against American gun owners. The real problem is the anti-American gun manufacturer shill (NRA) and its "cold dead hand" members against the American People. They pretend to hide behind the Second Amendment, but their real motive is greed, pure and simple. They use the US Constitution as a weapon of mass destruction of the American People for profit, and for no other reason.