Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w...
by tptacek on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:59PM
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"The law" was the result of intensive lobbying by groups like the NRA and represents a capitulation from the original position of gun reformers. I don't accept that we're bound by the definitions in that law when we're discussing potential new policy. In fact, rejecting that definition of "assault weapon" is the point of my comment.
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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w...
by ChrisLomont on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:43AM
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> I don't accept that we're bound by the definitions in that law when we're discussing potential new policy
Here's a recent Assault Weapons Ban by Diane Feinstein, 2020, not the result of political lobbying.
It takes your statement to heart. Do you see any holes in this one being effective? I do.
>the result of intensive lobbying by groups like the NRA and represents a capitulation from the original position of gun reformers
Every bill will be the result of lobbying and ideas from competing groups, and will result in compromise. That's not such a bad thing. Not every American wants either extreme that political parties can concoct.