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Re:China calls on US to follow its lead in eradicating ivory... by bmm6o on Thursday June 11, 2015 @10:35AM (#9699938)
The Daily Show had a segment on this a few months ago. IIRC there was a bill in Congress to stop the ivory trade in the US and it had wide support until the NRA spun it as an infringement of your gun rights, because you need to buy/sell/own ivory-handled pistols. Then it was predictably killed.
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Re:China calls on US to follow its lead in eradicating ivory... by adamnemecek on Thursday June 11, 2015 @11:21AM (#9700221)
It wasn't killed. The bills are still being discussed.
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Re:China calls on US to follow its lead in eradicating ivory... by bmm6o on Thursday June 11, 2015 @07:07PM (#9703028)
Right, maybe "killed" isn't the right term, but the impression I got was that it lost the support needed to pass.
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