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AndyS

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5. I beg to disagree.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 12:53 PM

Jan 2022

The ONLY way to make things change is $$. That's the way the gun industry got us to where we are today. The industry; manufacturers, sellers and fetishists, gave money to the gun lobby. The gun lobby used it to buy legislators. Legislators, particularly Senators, can block any legislation with a single voice. The % of people who want gun laws less strict is 9%. Yet gun laws keep getting less strict.

If we want to see change we have to emulate the gun lobby. Out bid the gunners. Bloomberg knows this which is why he dedicated $500 mil to funding Everytown for gun safety and Moms Demand Action.

There are a LOT of non-profit orgs fighting for meaningful change in gun laws.

Do a simple search on gun control organizations. https://www.google.com/search

Pick one and give them a few $. I do.

As for Black on Black violence, well, that's a dog whistle. Be careful using it.

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Well, who da' hell woulda' thought? [View all] AndyS Jan 2022 OP

When do we apply the well regulated part of the second amendment? Walleye Jan 2022 #1

Apparently never Rebl2 Jan 2022 #7

And the necessary to the security of a free State part too? CaptainTruth Jan 2022 #11

Many, if not most, state Constitutions have a militia clause. former9thward Jan 2022 #19

Ain't America great. Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 #2

Apples and oranges. The deaths and shooters in Kenosha were white. Hortensis Jan 2022 #3

I beg to disagree. AndyS Jan 2022 #5

Black guys get murdered in their cars. White guys get made conservative celebrities. Initech Jan 2022 #4

This is actually way more outrageous than the Rittenhouse verdict Takket Jan 2022 #6

Well technically there was no crime committed tetedur Jan 2022 #8

" pay $2,000 to avoid possible conviction for two felony charges." KS Toronado Jan 2022 #9

It's the right call Zeitghost Jan 2022 #10

It's still okay to be outraged that four wrongs seem to make a right. nt AndyS Jan 2022 #12

I stand by the jury's decision Zeitghost Jan 2022 #13

I understand that but AndyS Jan 2022 #15

The WI law made no mention of hunting Zeitghost Jan 2022 #22

What ever you say. AndyS Jan 2022 #23

You can stand by your errant statement all you want Zeitghost Jan 2022 #25

I read it but this excerpt from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is easier to understand. AndyS Jan 2022 #26

Again... Zeitghost Jan 2022 #31

We must be talking about two different laws because the one I read AndyS Jan 2022 #32

As I recall, the lack of a charge for underaged possession came after Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #28

See # 26 nt AndyS Jan 2022 #29

Thanks. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #30

the jury spoke, true llashram Jan 2022 #20

The Jury Zeitghost Jan 2022 #21

ok llashram Jan 2022 #24

Well, they can't get a revolution going without guns. Trueblue Texan Jan 2022 #14

Joe Arpio said, "Besides Sean, I've got a gun", while on the traitor's show. Baked-in. czarjak Jan 2022 #16

This trial was rotten... Snackshack Jan 2022 #17

I'm astonished no appeal has been lodged to void the result. BSdetect Jan 2022 #18

You can't appeal a verdict of not guilty, it would be double jeopardy. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #27