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In reply to the discussion: It's very simple: If you want new gun control laws, you need the cooperation of legal gun owners. [View all]billh58
(6,640 posts)it was NOT gun owners as a group who defeated the attempt to even discuss recent watered-down gun control legislation, it was the fucking NRA and its bought-and-paid-for politicians. Almost every thinking news pundit in the MSM has commented on the fact that in spite of overwhelming public support, the NRA bought their manufacturer and corporate sponsors a victory over sanity, and the Senate went against the wishes of 80% of the people.
You are correct, I don't know more than a handful of gun owners, but the ones that I DO know are not fanatical about their fucking Second Amendment rights evey time we have a conversation. The State of Hawaii has proven that reasonable and sane gun control and registration works to reduce gun injuries and deaths without imposing a hardship on gun owners. I have that reality to judge by, and I would agree that Hawaii's approach may not work in ALL states, but it's a place to start.