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Gun Control Reform Activism

Neon Gods

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4. No, the gun industry has not won.

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 12:21 AM

Feb 2016

They've won almost all the recent battles for the last 35 years but they are losing the war. They will eventually lose because mass shootings are only going to increase and the majority of Americans, who don't own a gun and have no desire to, are going to reach a breaking point and demand strong gun laws in such numbers that most in Congress won't be able to refuse. I'm seing it already, people, pundits, and editorials are noticing and fighting back.

The smartest thing the NRA could do is begin to support modest changes, but they won't. Too bad because the harder they resist the more drastic the eventual gun laws will be.

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The gun industry has won, and not just on a legislative level. They have won on a cultural level [View all] phantom power Feb 2016 OP

I grew up in Montana TheUndecider Feb 2016 #1

The animosity towards registration and regulation stems from Fantasy B. phantom power Feb 2016 #2

What works is voting initiatives. When it is possible to bypass the bought and paid for legislature flamin lib Feb 2016 #3

No, the gun industry has not won. Neon Gods Feb 2016 #4