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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: NRA To Announce "Meaningful Contributions" [View all]TrollBuster9090
(6,130 posts)As I mentioned below, we have only four tools available to us:
1. Mock their talking points, and make them look ridiculous, before they even have a chance to utter them.
2. Take back control of the language by calling for "gun safety laws" rather than "gun control laws" or "gun regulations."
3. Expose the tricks that they are about to attempt. The biggest one being to call for a VOLUNTARY ban on these weapons by the gun industry. By avoiding legislation, the gun makers will be able to lift their voluntary ban a year from now when everybody has forgotten about this.
4. WARN any Democratic politicians who would EMBRACE the trick (point 3) knowing full well that it's a trick. I can envision more than a few Blue Dog Democrats supporting a voluntary moratorium on the manufacture of assault weapons by the gun lobby, knowing full well that they're just going to lift it later, and resume selling these damned things.