wayne lapierre
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Talk of arming teachers strikes me as cavalier leaping toward insane, an answer to mass shootings that expands, rather than diminishes, the presence of guns in American life, thereby increasing the risk of injury or death. - Politics has become a lifestyle, part of the "Big Sort" driving so much in our culture. That's why the NRA's marketing these days has so little to do with gun policy and so much to do with smash-mouth cultural resentments.
- Donald Trump deserves credit for America's new moral movements, says Robert Reich: They developed as a counter to him.
- President Trump's call for arming teachers is just politics, and not a serious response to Florida shooting.
- the principal gun lobby before Congress has signaled support for federal limitations on the weapons used in the Las Vegas mass assassination.
- Donald Trump and Steve Bannon have encouraged a civil war between the president's base of support — mostly white and worried — and everyone else, says Robert Reich.
- The more government the NRA controls, the more fearful and angry they become, says Leonard Pitts Jr.
- NRA decides that not all licensed gun owners are deserving of protection.
- Every year I begin with more questions than answers. When is President Obama supposed to come and take all the guns away? Are we a socialist Muslim country yet? How come we never saw that Michelle Obama "whitey" tape that was alleged to exist before the 2008 and 2012 elections? What happened to all those FEMA concentration camps we were told about? If they really did exist, why didn't Obama put Ted Nugent in one first?
- Even before the horrific attack in Orlando last week, life in 21st century America has become intolerably, pervasively fearful. Our mad proliferation of guns, and the obscene loopholes that allow dangerous people to access them freely, are the most consistent engines of terror in our society today.
- Conservatives like Wayne LaPierre are done being subtle about their desire for a white, male president.
- U.S. has succumb to irrational fears of an armed criminal around every corner
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- Arming more people is not a formula for making schools or communities safer despite what the NRA may claim
- The answer to gun violence is not bringing in more guns
- When NRA leadership touts Boston as made helpless and terrified by bombings (with the only remedy buying more guns), one has to question whose side they are on
- The failure of a bill to expand federal background checks has nothing to do with the right to bear arms and everything to do with the NRA's need to perpetuate its existence.
- NRA-financed task force on school safety endorses arming school employees but stays silent on gun control
- Reducing gun violence requires limits on gun sales as well as help for the mentally ill
- State of the Union plea for Congress to act on gun control strikes a chord with most Americans
- Jules Witcover says that on guns and maybe immigration, Republicans will keep playing into the Democrats' hands.
- WASHINGTON — Speaking at an emotional hearing on federal gun control proposals, Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson urged lawmakers Wednesday to close loopholes and ban assault weapon sales or risk more tragedies like the recent elementary school shooting in Connecticut.
- National Rifle Association has had nothing constructive to add to the post-Newtown dialogue.
- Requiring prospective gun purchasers to undergo a criminal background check is a good first step in effort to reduce U.S. gun violence
- Leonard Pitts Jr. asks: If we're going to put armed guards in all our schools, why stop there?
- Arming everyone is not the solution to the nation's gun problems
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- In the NRA's version of the world, we're all crack shots who wouldn't hesitate to blow someone away.
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- Remember all the big, high-sounding media talk right after the massacre at Sandy Hook about how maybe now we will have a "national dialogue" about guns?
- NRA's LaPierre makes a compelling case for protecting children against gun violence
