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Old 12-17-2012, 09:01 PM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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18 pro-gun Senators were invited to be on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday.

Not one of them had the onions to show up.
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:01 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Wow! Since the population of America is 300 million, your statistics indicate that every adult owns a gun!
According to this about 25% of adults own guns which would mean about 60 million adults.
Gun politics in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

CNN reports the number of gun owners is declining while the number of guns owned by each owner is increasing.
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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I'll put it this way: how did MADD raise the drinking age in every state from 18 to 21?
It began with a made for TV movie and one senator.

Then came the lobby.

Something along the lines of a class action suit against the NRA ( similar to initiatives against the tobacco industry) might be an interesting starting point.
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Curious isn't it? Do you think the NRA contributes more to McCain's campaign than children do?
Yep!

John McCain Receives The Most Lavish NRA Donations

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Old 12-17-2012, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
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The first statement from the NRA.

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Old 12-17-2012, 09:17 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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18 pro-gun Senators were invited to be on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday.

Not one of them had the onions to show up.
Would it be these 18 who received large donations from the NRA?

John McCain Receives The Most Lavish NRA Donations | Addicting Info
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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Weren't the guns used in the Newtown shooting legal in CT?
Yup. Mama was a gun nut. She filled out all the forms, got all the background checks, and all the whole bundle of stuff needed to own guns in Connecticut.

She took her son to shooting ranges on occasion and taught him how to use the gun that killed her, him, several brave women, 12 little girls and 8 little boys.
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:29 PM
 
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Yup. Mama was a gun nut. She filled out all the forms, got all the background checks, and all the whole bundle of stuff needed to own guns in Connecticut.

She took her son to shooting ranges on occasion and taught him how to use the gun that killed her, him, several brave women, 12 little girls and 8 little boys.

I heard the mother had guns because she was a "Survivalist." Didn't work so well for her.
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:43 PM
 
Location: The Golden State, USA
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The NRA is doing what EVERYBODY should be doing right now:

Cry for the dead, let knee-jerk reactions and irrational emotion pass, reexamine ourselves and think of REAL solutions to the problem with a clear and rational mind.

You know, the kind of thing politicians stopped doing on November 2, 1963.
I'm betting they're working behind the scenes in contact with the lawmakers they bought to remind them who put them into office.
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Old 12-17-2012, 09:48 PM
 
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18 pro-gun Senators were invited to be on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday.

Not one of them had the onions to show up.
Actually it was 31 pro-gun senators... and you're right, all 31 were cowards.
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