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Source: Salon.com
Religious-right extremists who have spent most of their energy in recent years vilifying LGBT people or fighting the nations culture wars on other fronts have found a new demon to slay: gun control.
It might seem odd that those who profess allegiance to the teachings of Jesus Christ would be so vociferous about making sure that Americans have continued, unfettered access to assault rifles. But in the wake of the massacre of schoolchildren in Connecticut, which ignited the most heated debate about gun control in this country in a decade, some of the religious rights most rabid voices are joining the fight.
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Earlier this week, the White House released the presidents aggressive plan to address gun control. According to The New York Times, the multifaceted effort includes 23 proposed executive orders, some of which address controlling access to guns, and a full-court press on Congress to pass comprehensive gun reform legislation.
Leave it to Fischer, though, who has claimed that Adolf Hilters Nazi Party relied on gay men because of their innate brutality, to turn the debate straight on its face. Not only has he banned the use of the words assault rifles on his Focal Point radio show in favor of sporting rifles and threatened to fine any member of his staff who uses the wrong term he has defined the debate on gun control as a thinly veiled plot to target Christians.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/01/23/religious_right_joins_the_nra_in_gun_control_battle/