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Showing Original Post only (View all)U.S. PAYS DEARLY FOR GUN NUTS' RIGHTS TO THEIR TOYS [View all]
You, the taxpayers, shell out some $12.8 million per day, "to cover the costs of gun-related deaths and injuries." And that's conservative, according to a recent report by Mother Jones on gun violence in this country. It all stems from the radical National Rifle Assn. gun nuts that insist on more guns on the street with absolutely no restrictions on who they are sold to. Wacky Wayne LaPierre, NRA head, is on an unconscionable drive to sell, sell, sell all the weaponry possible to keep the gun manufacturers happy. To hell with a moderate NRA membership that strongly favors universal background checks and a saner approach to responsible gun laws. The magazine says we'll never know the true cost due to the millions being spent by the NRA and other gun rights groups to keep the true facts from the public. This preventable gun violence increases your taxes for items like medical treatment, legal fees, long-tern prison costs, long-term medical disability, mental health care, emergency services, police investigations and security enhancements.
Wanna stop this crap? Contact Congress and tell your representatives you're not going to stand for this anymore.
House: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Senate: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state
White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
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Lol he does seem a bit familiar but I haven't been around enough lately to give a good guess.
clffrdjk
May 2015
#11
Did you know that the magazine Mother Jones takes its name from a women that was the
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#7
Anyone who uses Mother Jones as an objective source on this issue has questionable intelligence
Shamash
May 2015
#8
An argument from authority, by a "legal professional" that gets the law wrong?
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#53
If everyone you are talking to doesn't make sense to you maybe you are the problem.
clffrdjk
May 2015
#27
Several have shown that your contention about no restrictions is demonstrably false.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#33