M1 Carbine Imports Banned

[Atypical Liberal]

64. Owning guns no more causes theft than being beautiful causes rape.

Owning guns no more causes theft than being beautiful causes rape.

Stop blaming the victim.

This is precisely what the gun lobby does...it is no different than other lobbies.

It's different in one important regard: It is a lobby primarily made up of people, not corporations. It is a lobby that exists to further the Constitutional rights of a group of people who volunteer and pay to belong to it, and not just a front for corporate financial interest.

I have no problem with groups of people uniting to use the power of collective bargaining to gain influence in government. But corporations are not people and should not be able to lobby the same way as people do, for the simple reason that they have huge, overpowering war chests that give them a disproportionate voice and influence compared to regular people.

But when groups of people join together for a common voice, whether it is the NAACP, or the AARP, or the NRA, or Progressives United, etc., I have no problem with that kind of lobbying. That is exactly the kind of lobbying we should have.

I just happen to detest your lobby especially for its denial of responsibility for its effect...

I assume we are still talking about theft. The NRA is not responsible for firearm theft.