Gun Control Reform Activism
In reply to the discussion: "Gabrielle Giffords Gun Control Super PAC Raises $6.5 Million" [View all]billh58
(6,641 posts)have been trying to explain to the persistent disruptors from the Gungeon:
"we don't want to debate whether gun safety legislation is a worthwhile goal, we want to discuss ways to accomplish it."
Yet they come into this group and insist on "finding common ground," and "encouraging honest debate," between gun fetishists and those of us who have had enough of the NRA bullshit propaganda. We know that they spend an inordinate amount of time ridiculing this Group over in the Gungeon, which is the very reason this Group was formed. It was impossible to even state an opinion about gun control without being viciously attacked by the hard core "cold dead hands" Gungeoneers over there. The Gungeon was, and remains a swamp which harbors right-wing NRA apologists on a Democratic discussion board.
These various "gun club" cultists now want to infiltrate this safe-harbor Group and spread their venom about the very things that this Group is fighting for: no public carry of lethal weapons, repeal of SYG vigilante laws, registration of ALL guns, insurance requirements for gun owners, regulations which enforce gun owner responsibility and accountability with penalties for non-compliance, to name just a few.
As Robb said, the only things that we wish to debate concerning gun control is the "HOW" and not the "WHY." But no, gun nuts want to infiltrate and disrupt by claiming that they are "really on our side," and just want to "discuss ways that we can agree." I call bullshit, and the divide and conquer ploy is older than all of the Gungeoneers combined. They are neither clever, not original.
The truth is that with organizations and people like Gabby Giffords, MAIG, The Brady Center, VPC and others, the gun violence issues and attendant gun control measures are becoming a part of the national conversation, and the NRA and its supporters are rapidly losing ground. I am proud to be a part of that coming change, and I have donated, and will continue to donate money to all of these gun control groups who believe in a better gun-free America.