This time in Houston.
My first reaction was to be glad that I didn't get stuck in Houston traffic, seeing as I went there a week ago. This demonstrates both what a terrible person I am and how common this shit is.
Deathclaw_Puncher wrote:In before the left calls for gun control, the Parkland Kids hold a big rally featuring Beyonce, and the right says something along the lines of "Now's not the time to talk about this. Anyway, instead of doing anything about guns, let's pin the blame on the autistic".
sigh
blehblah wrote:I'm sure it'll all work-out, like how seatbelts miraculously appeared in cars. Maybe someone can publish "Guns: Unsafe at Any Speed". That could lead to groups of gun owners and manufacturers recognizing the need for education, creating governing bodies which advocate for regulations which could help bring the death-toll down, and...
... whatever. Money wins.
Say, now that some traditional gun manufacturers are experiencing tough times, where is the NRA getting their money? Do they publish a balance sheet? I mean, Ted Nugent hasn't really brought home the bacon in a long while, so where does their political power come from?
Donations in the 2014 election cycle were up by more than 50% compared to the prior two years, and nearly doubled from a decade ago.
"Americans look to the NRA to defend their constitutional right to self protection," NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker told CNNMoney. "When gun control advocates ramp up their efforts to pass gun control people voice their opposition by donating to the NRA."
Contributions came from nearly 30,000 donors, with around 90% of donations made by people who gave less than $200 in a single year. According to the NRA, the average donation is around $35.
In the days and weeks following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the National Rifle Association saw a significant spike in donations.
In fact, reports from the Federal Election Commission show donations to the NRA's Political Victory Fund tripled from January to February.
In January, the NRA collected almost $248,000 in individual contributions. In February, they collected more than $779,000.
iMURDAu wrote:I'm thinking, maybe hoping, that gun owners will be like cigarette smokers in America. It'll be too expensive for most people and you won't be allowed to have them anywhere but your house. The reason for that will be due to the ignorance of the group as a whole regarding how they're affecting the people around them. This will result in a lot of whining and "dey took our 2nd menmen rots" which I will find hilarious because the best backyard "militia" would last approximately half a second against a military drone strike.
Deathclaw_Puncher wrote:where they can freely marry their eight year old niece.
Kivutar wrote:"Spurned advances provoked Texas school shooting, victim's mother says"
Yes, getting turned down for a date "provoked" the guy into mass murder.
Provoked
rages
There's victim blaming, and then there's that.
(And no, the victim's mother did not use the word "provoke," that's all on Reuters.)
Deathclaw_Puncher wrote:Judging by the responses to the actions of Nikolas Cruz, Alek Minassian, and now Dimitrios Pagourtzis, there's some part of the media that seems out to retroactively cater to the demands of spree killers. Cruz shoots up the Parkland Kids? Clearly we should encourage people to get close to and personally reform them like some sort of sociopathic school project! Minassian hits ten people with a van in the name of inceldom? Maybe they have a point. Could be.Let's grant them access to prostitutes (which they hate)! And now, this sort of thing.
Crimson847 wrote:[ The gun control angle hasn't gained any traction despite all the hullabaloo; if anything it's lost some.
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