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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Ghost Guns Are Everywhere in California [View all]
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)7. NRA is a terrorist organization
Finally, please show us where in the NRA has advocated for the killing of school children. Verbatim citations only, please.
Sure!
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/gunned-down/transcript/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/the-nra-lobbyist-behind-floridas-pro-gun-policies
https://changetheref.org/grieving-parents-of-teen-killed-in-parkland-school-shooting-use-graphic-activism-to-confront-the-nra/
https://www.newsweek.com/2016/10/21/when-kids-pull-trigger-who-responsible-507656.html
https://www.thenation.com/article/why-are-schools-still-accepting-nra-money/
https://www.storybasedstrategy.org/blog-full/2012/10/18/the-nra-kills-our-kids
https://slate.com/technology/2014/06/gun-deaths-in-children-statistics-show-firearms-endanger-kids-despite-nra-safety-programs.html
Guns Kill Children
The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.
The overwhelming empirical evidence indicates that the presence of a gun makes children less safe; that programs such as Eddie Eagle are insufficient; and that measures the NRA and extreme gun advocates vehemently oppose, such as gun safes and smart guns, could dramatically reduce the death toll. Study after study unequivocally demonstrates that the prevalence of firearms directly increases the risk of youth homicide, suicide, and unintentional death. This effect is consistent across the United States and throughout the world. As a country, we should be judged by how well we protect our children. By any measure, we are failing horribly.
The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.
The overwhelming empirical evidence indicates that the presence of a gun makes children less safe; that programs such as Eddie Eagle are insufficient; and that measures the NRA and extreme gun advocates vehemently oppose, such as gun safes and smart guns, could dramatically reduce the death toll. Study after study unequivocally demonstrates that the prevalence of firearms directly increases the risk of youth homicide, suicide, and unintentional death. This effect is consistent across the United States and throughout the world. As a country, we should be judged by how well we protect our children. By any measure, we are failing horribly.
The NRA advocates for policies that get kids killed. Verbatim.
And before you come back to me with lies spouted by the NRA: no, don't argue with the facts above. They are correct and you are lied to by the gun industry. Don't give me gun industry and Republican lies.
Here's the truth.
The overwhelming empirical evidence indicates that the presence of a gun makes children less safe
Don't even think about arguing with that. Don't give me lies and propaganda from the gun industry.
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Pious fraud is part and parcel of gun control advocacy. That was merely the latest example.
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#5
None of which substantiate your original claim. We've seen this sort of thing before:
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#8
Some truly believe that mere repetition of a claim is a sign of veracity...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#17
Not that I disagree- but mere repetition of a claim is no indicator of truth
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#16
"You didn't address my point" Said 'point' is merely a repeated claim, made with much handwaving...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#20
"Disband the NRA" by mindlessly parroting your claims to everyone we know?
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#32
You have to admit without the NRA, the only guns left would be muskets & Colt SAAs
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2019
#33
Gay marriage was achieved by action, not mindless repetition of slogans...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#62
God the bull shit never ends does it. Bad parenting? Combined with a fucking GUN!
wasupaloopa
May 2019
#30
What does the NRA do to prevent school shootings? Actually they work toward more
wasupaloopa
May 2019
#29
No no no no the tool is made for killing and is used to kill children in school. That you
wasupaloopa
May 2019
#52
implicitly to murder me or anyone else, is more important than my right to life
gejohnston
May 2019
#41
The 2nd Amendment only applies to MILITIAS. And Scalia got bought by gun companies
sharedvalues
May 2019
#77
An obvious (and clumsy) propagandist lecturing others about 'bad faith'?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2019
#89
I might accept that sniper rifles are designed to kill but guns in general? Not so much other guns.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2019
#35
If guns in general aren't designed to kill, then what are they designed for?
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2019
#39
Once again, with rare exceptions guns are designed to kill living things.
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2019
#67
Authoritarians and moral panic-mongers love the "Won't somebody think of the children?" schtick
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#79
You're not the first demagogue to sanctimoniously proclaim that you're trying to 'save' children...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2019
#80
