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Gun Control Reform Activism

apocalypsehow

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2. I suspect we'll have to wait a congressional election cycle or two to get the comprehensive

Reply to mwrguy (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 12:22 AM

Mar 2013

gun safety law(s) the country is looking for. All the more reason to press ahead with efforts to (1) get more Democrats elected to Congress and (2) use every other avenue at the state levels to advance meaningful gun legislation.

Unfortunately, that also means that tens of thousands of innocent Americans will have to die in the interim so the gun lobby and their pro-NRA shills & sycophants can keep fondling their popguns and strutting about town with pistols perched in their pants. That's the very real tragedy of it.

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White House on assault weapons ban: ‘We’re going to find the votes’ [View all] mwrguy Mar 2013 OP

of course it is not over. it is what they do for a living. I don't expect anything less Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #1

I suspect we'll have to wait a congressional election cycle or two to get the comprehensive apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #2