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In reply to the discussion: NRA Raises $200 Million as Gun Lobby Toasters Burn Logo on Bread [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)92. Still insist on following Josh Sugarmann's failed line?
"Assault weaponsjust like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearmsare a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weaponsanything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine guncan only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons." -- Josh Sugarmann
People are buying more of them and there is no move to resurrect any AWB, at the same time murder and violent crime are at historic lows.
So much for moral panic mongering...
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If the intent was to have companies stop manufacturing semi-auto firearms....
PavePusher
Jan 2012
#103
"damn things wouldn't be in production" -- did you forget? Production never stopped.
X_Digger
Dec 2011
#88
Precisely. It's the only issue I can think of where the party is horrifically out of step with
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#9
This one (from your own link) shows a drastic DECLINE in support of more 'control'
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#39
As a Democrat and NRA member I hate the over-the-top language from LaPierre and most of the NRA.
aikoaiko
Dec 2011
#14
Hope that never happens. Guns in public is a regressive cause, no matter how many votes it attracts.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#31
Gun-control must be a "conservative cause." It's worked so well for the Right! nt
SteveW
Dec 2011
#81
Where I'm from, you usually see confederate flag, "insured by S&W," W, and NRA sticker on vehicles.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#98
We sure are lucky the Colonists didn't have any guns, otherwise we might have our own country
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#37
The NRA is a bunch of right wing idiots. Who will lie to raise money. Hate them.
Logical
Dec 2011
#25
I recently joined, not because I think LaPierre is a good guy, but because I'm interested in protect
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#34
I think you are supporting a right wing group. Like if you joined pro-life group or
Logical
Dec 2011
#38
I don't think it would work. The NRA would lose too many members if they started....
Logical
Dec 2011
#49