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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan (potential) Dem. senate candidate: Don't demonize the NRA.
From Debbie Dingell's column in December, 2012:
Demonizing the NRA or gun owners in general gets us nowhere. A fresh round of old proposals for gun-control laws wont work and will be followed by the renewed frustration of different factions going to their respective corners to fight instead of seeking real solutions.
We, as Americans, need to be willing to acknowledge that we have serious social problems and have to get at the root causes for so many of these horrific scenes: mental illness, failing educational systems, lack of job opportunities, the disintegration of families. We need communities more willing to identify behavior problems early on, to express zero tolerance for bullying, to implement processes that protect individual liberties yet flag potential problems.
Most important, we must remove the stigma of mental illness so that those who need help get help. We need law enforcement agencies that understand problems when they are identified, along with systems that support parents, teachers and employers in intervening and getting help to those who need it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gun-control-fights-wont-solve-the-real-issue/2012/12/20/18e853de-49fe-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html
onehandle
(51,122 posts)marions ghost
(19,841 posts)The NRA has earned demonization. But this democrat supports them?
RandySF
(57,656 posts)And the Congressman's son, a former State Senator, is even more nuts.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)It's one thing to be a Dem who owns a gun. It's another thing to be a Dem who's in bed with the NRA.
Anybody who supports the NRA cannot be a Democrat. Mutually exclusive.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)She is an incurious, isolated moron who is comfortable on the political turf of the gun nuts. But, her father has tons of influence, so she does not have to deal with the real issues of crime.
samsingh
(17,571 posts)disregard for human life
RandySF
(57,656 posts)Is that she repeats, almost verbatim, the NRA line about getting to the root of violence.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Another milquetoast, third-way appeaser.