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In reply to the discussion: How (the NRA helped) a Secretive Branch of ISIS Build a Global Network of Killers that is [View all]underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)far more lives than it saves is rather narcissistic. A bit like trump, actually. He's 'profiting' from fear. It's not working very well for him though, even the crazies are calling him crazy at this point.
The whole 'it's too big to change' is easy to say by those who are happy to keep exploiting the paranoid and lesser educated and vulnerable portion of the population. It's not true, however. Entire nations have changed their gun control laws very successfully.
It's always easier to be opposed to something. It takes guts to stand up for doing the right thing, and more people need to speak up to oppose the US gun culture.
Gun control is far from a losing issue, it's a critical, pivotal issue that is literally changing the face of the USA. It's not about 'getting rid' of the 2nd amendment, it's about changing an archaic 'law' that's being interpreted and abused for profit by gun manufacturers, dealers, and now, terrorists from the other side of the world who exploit the mentally ill psychotics -- and it's costing lives.
At this rate, anyone who's in the guns business should also get into the funeral home racket, that would be a double whammy win-win.
Firearms ownership deserves every negative attitude shown towards it. It has no place in a civilized world.
And I mean no offense or intend no personal affront.