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Gun Control Reform Activism

SCantiGOP

(14,302 posts) Thu Jul 14, 2016, 08:41 AM Jul 2016

Woody Allen's take on guns

"Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service." -Sleeper (1973)

From over 4 decades ago. Sleeper was a great movie; I had forgotten this quote.

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billh58

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1. It may have been a joke at

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Thu Jul 14, 2016, 09:44 AM

Jul 2016

the time, but that statement has more truth to it than fiction at the present time. The right-wing gun lobby's push for guns everywhere, for everyone, has fueled the "illegal" gun market as never before in the history of this nation. Every drive by shooting, and every armed robbery has the NRA's supporters' and apologists' tacit stamp of approval on it.

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