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White House Floats Gun Control Proposals

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McSpiff1/06/2013 7:02:12 pm PST

re: #29 Targetpractice

In 1934, the prevalence of guns like the Thompson in the hands of organized crime was such that public sentiment was totally in favor of laws that would keep such weapons out of the hands of anyone who wasn’t either law enforcement or military. But you’re right, this was before the NRA became a lobbying group for gun manufacturers and began selling gun owners on the idea that any regulation, no matter how innocuous, was a step towards the banning of all firearms.

You’d think the presence of AR-15s in schools and movie theaters would be enough to convince the general public that new regulation is needed, but to go back to my central thesis…