It would be nice if the NRA actually came forward and proposed an assault weapon ban.

[SoonerPride]

I know that's a dream.

But it would be nice if someone on the right, a senator, speaker of the house, the NRA, you know ANYONE on the right had the fucking guts to step up to microphone and say we are also tired of this bullshit and we are going to lead the way to restrict these weapons of mass destruction.

But no. Not one of them have the strength, do they?

What a bunch of sad, pathetic, weak assed 'leaders' they are.

If they fight or resist this coming tide of change, then it is incumbent upon us, WE THE PEOPLE, to beat them into the shadows forever more.

NO MORE MASS CARNAGE.

NEVER AGAIN.

[Little Star]

1. I have high hopes that this country has had enough this time...

And with our president leading the way maybe we can release the grip those sick fucks have on this country.

[Barack_America]

2. Rupert Murdoch did.

Actually.

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/15/even_rupert_murdoch_wants_tighter_gun_control/

[jody]

5. Your link said "ban automatic weapons" and that's not what AWB does. nt

[SoonerPride]

6. he should put his broadcast empire to repeat that message

he could actually use his vast media empire for god for once in his life

[riverbendviewgal]

3. In your dreams

they are ignorant assholes and will always be ignorant assholes.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. I agree

if the NRA ever wanted to salvage some credibility they should take the lead on figuring out how to let people who like guns have them but make it harder to obtain and use in the fashion we've just witnessed.
Also they should donate money to mental health research, push the government to restore the funding that existed when Reagan was president and use their financial resources to help the families affected recover.

[SoonerPride]

7. exactly.

Why is it so hard for them to step up and say 'we are for resposible gun ownership' and never want this tragedy to happen again?

I just don't understand why they are so weak.

[bossy22]

8. While the NRA has itself to blame

it also has the "cards" stacked agasint it. The problem being in today's sound bite media the NRA's arguements cannot be made effectively and forces them to use stupid talking points. But then again you assume that they have a credibility problem- the american public in general holds a somewhat positive view of them

But that being said- they are right IMO in opposing an AWB. It will do nothing to prevent these tragedies- not to even limit the carnage. The thing is it "feels good" to pass something like that. If you truly want to try prevent these events there are a few things you can do- create a system where mental health professionals can report people they feel shouldnt have weapons to NICS (the gun check system) and a national safe storage law (carefully tailored to still allow someone to keep a loaded gun in their nightstand).

[Mopar151]

12. Agree w/ you 100%

There is no functional difference between a high-standard hunting rifle and a semi-automatic qualifying for the AWB. I would agree that 30 - shot clips have no sporting purpose, but trying to regulate their manufacture or posession is a sketchy proposition at best.

Full-auto stuff is way too easy for a crafty nut to get their hands on just now - and there is a whole universe of stuff I think of as fetish weapons that are pretty hard to differentiate from things with a legitimate use. Is there anyone from the gun worlk that could come up with a plan to keep most of this stuff locked up, under responsible control?
And how about some tracking and storage standards on ammo? How many THOUSAND rounds is safe to keep around before you gotta tell the fire department or somebody? How big an ammo factory can you run in a gararge (reloading) before the neighbors should be nervous?

[Mopar151]

9. "MACHINE GUNS AND SUPRESSORS IN STOCK"

So sez the sign at Rielly's Gun Shop (Hooksett, NH), on Saturday. These cretins think that soul is the bottom of a shoe.........

[hatrack]

10. Yes, and it would also be nice if our cats crapped $10 gold pieces . . .

But it's never, ever going to happen.

The Big, Bad NRA doesn't even have the balls to COMMENT on this flat-out massacre of SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Not a web post, not a press release, not so much as a tweet or a Facebook post or a "like". Nothing.

They don't even have the decency to extend a formulaic, rubber-chicken word of sympathy to a town that just got shredded by high-capacity clips and members of the well-regulated militia and all that.

[DURHAM D]

11. They can't do that.

They will do the reverse to raise more money. If they did come out for an assault weapons ban a lot of DUers would be very upset.