Colorado Shootings: Latest Evidence That America Is Poisoned by the NRA's Dark Gun Culture

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31. NRA's hold

Thanks for posting Moyers. In Colorado, we know that reforming gun laws is the third rail in politics, especially in the West. We also know that Obama was right when he said bitter and frustrated citizens cling to their guns and religion. in the National Review today David Gelernter writes "A whole generation has been reared, in many parts of society, without the moral compass of biblical religion." Texan Repub Louie Gohmert immediately said "there is a connection between this incident and ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs." The biblical religion they refer to is not religion that tells us God hates violence, turn your swords into ploughshares, nor the peacemaking Jesus taught which would make us sons of God. It is the "American religion" that God and the Constitution demand violence and war. As long as our citizens hear and see these lies 24/7 there is little hope for reasonable discussion about gun laws or of breaking the NRA's sad hold on our citizens and their representatives.