Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: New Yorker magazine has an interesting article about history of 2nd amendment, NRA and gun control [View all]sarisataka
(18,633 posts)-when I reached the line comparing a gun store to a porn shop, I realized this was simply an opinion piece with a definite bias
-further proven by only mentioning bad gun uses, neglecting where armed citizens stopped active shooters, as in Appalachian State and Pearl MS
-as far as how it paints the NRA, I noticed a definite change over time. At first the NRA supported gun control enthusiastically, then as more GC laws came around, they accepted them as being good if inconvenient, then more laws accepted with reservations until finally in the 80's when yet more GC laws came about the NRA started to resist until you have the situation today where the NRA is actively lobbying for increased gun rights. The NRA's change from a sporting group to a lobbying group is in reaction to more and more restrictions...
It gets back to the slippery slope- where is the end point of 'reasonable gun control'?