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[gregcrawford]

9. Don't be too quick to defend the NRA

The NRA blocks EVERY attempt to institute sensible regulations on the sale of firearms. For the record, I've been a gun owner for more than 50 years.

The proliferation of firearms originating in the US is a matter of record, and the NRA is DIRECTLY responsible for the fact that there is far too little regulation on international arms transactions. The NRA is DIRECTLY responsible for the fact that Congress has forbidden federal funds to finance research into gun deaths. The NRA is DIRECTLY responsible for the fact that a bill to mandate the inclusion of tiny ID tags in explosives to enable tracking their source was voted down in Congress! For Christ's sake, the NRA is DIRECTLY responsible for the fact that lying psychopaths harassed and threatened the grieving parents of Sandy Hook, calling it a "False Flag Operation." The NRA is DIRECTLY responsible for the fact that unhinged losers with little weenies can get an assault rifle more easily than they can get a driver's license.

And universal background checks and closing gun show loopholes are just common sense, but then, common sense is a foreign concept to those who regurgitate Wayne LaPierre's lies. And the asinine contention that it would lead to gun seizures is total horseshit.

The asshole Republicans in Congress just voted down a bill that would restrict the sale of guns to anyone on a no-fly list. What sane human being could find fault with that idea?

The NRA was once a sportsman's organization that advocated for responsible firearms regulation. Then Wayne LaPierre perverted it. One of his pet phrases has been, "The guys with the guns make the rules!"

I strongly suspect that is about to change.