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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: (DC) Mayor Gray protests a billboard advertising gun-safety classes [View all]Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)22. They share control, they do not share finances
As a matter of law, the finances are separate.
Either way, its a required class for a CCW license in my state, so there really is no point in debating it.
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Well today a paper target, tomorrow a human...all target shooting is death spewer practice.
ileus
Aug 2012
#2
You know eventually they will look upon it as they do swaztikas and smoking in public
rl6214
Aug 2012
#32
I understand how ads from gun lobbying associations that represents manufacturers and others who
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#5
Of course safety is beneficial especially if they emphasize results of poor handling, toting,
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#9
I'm assuming you have never been to a NRA gun safety class, so how do you know what they are like?
Travis_0004
Aug 2012
#14
Ask someone who has worked with an organization with a PAC. They are separate on paper only.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#21
When my stepson and nephew attended a hunter safety course, the instructor was a NRA member
Kaleva
Aug 2012
#27
Perhaps gun owners would be less anti-democrat if gun bans weren't mostly proposed by democrats
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#26
If an uber-religious town bans sex-ed, planned parenthood, all forms of contraception and the like,
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#16
It's no surprise to see a DC mayor reacting negatively to something that might
petronius
Aug 2012
#20
Mayor Vincent Gray hates guns so much he'd rather not support gun safety classes.
aikoaiko
Aug 2012
#39
Funny how "Abstinence-only" gets supported when guns are involved...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#48