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Gun Control & RKBA

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1. But the NRA contributes a lot of money to preserve the status quo.

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 09:09 PM

Sep 2019

And mass shooting follows mass shooting.

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"Actually, guns do kill people": Right-to-carry laws increase the rate of violent crime. [View all] sharedvalues Sep 2019 OP

But the NRA contributes a lot of money to preserve the status quo. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #1

Yes. Plus gun identity politics for votes sharedvalues Sep 2019 #2

My view on one factor: guillaumeb Sep 2019 #3

Very articulately put, guilliaumeb! mapol Sep 2019 #14

Welcome to DU, and thank you. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #17

The GOP keeps preventing the CDC from studying gun violence as an epidemic. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2019 #4

Not exactly discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2019 #8

CDC researchers aren't holding their breaths until money appears for the studies. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2019 #9

As I quoted: discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2019 #11

How ridiculous can people be?!? mapol Sep 2019 #16

We just have to convince some. Data is one way. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #6

Isn't that just so strange? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #7

Don't they teach civics anymore? Nt hack89 Sep 2019 #12

Therefore, we repeal the 2d, yagotme Sep 2019 #13

Interesting. Straw Man Sep 2019 #18

A good start. yagotme Sep 2019 #19

Unlike assault weapons, knives, hammers and other guns don't make the news. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2019 #24

This is an unpublished study graeme_macquarrie Sep 2019 #20

It's a good study. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #21

Confirmation bias, with an appeal to non-authority... friendly_iconoclast Sep 2019 #22