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NRA’s wailing doesn’t drown out facts on background checks [View all]
The National Rifle Association and its cohorts would love for Nevada voters to see molehills as mountains.
True to their extremist nature, the leading opponents of a November ballot question to require universal background checks on gun purchases would have voters believe that the measure is full of diabolically restrictive provisions that make it a full-on assault on the Second Amendment.
It’s not.
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But treating any attempt at reasonable gun control as lighting the Constitution on fire is common for the gun lobby. The NRA has steamrolled meaningful attempts at getting our arms around the nation’s rampant gun problem by bullying leaders who would dare get in its way. It portrays anyone who suggests gun control measures as being hell-bent on seizing people’s guns and punishing responsible owners of firearms.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/sep/05/nras-wailing-doesnt-drown-out-facts-on-background/
True to their extremist nature, the leading opponents of a November ballot question to require universal background checks on gun purchases would have voters believe that the measure is full of diabolically restrictive provisions that make it a full-on assault on the Second Amendment.
It’s not.
- Snip -
But treating any attempt at reasonable gun control as lighting the Constitution on fire is common for the gun lobby. The NRA has steamrolled meaningful attempts at getting our arms around the nation’s rampant gun problem by bullying leaders who would dare get in its way. It portrays anyone who suggests gun control measures as being hell-bent on seizing people’s guns and punishing responsible owners of firearms.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/sep/05/nras-wailing-doesnt-drown-out-facts-on-background/
The NRA/ILA/GOA and ALEC work very hard to protect the profits of their gun manufacturer clients, and have used the same tactics for decades: fear of confiscation and government tyranny.
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And background checks work. Between 2011 and 2014, more than 5,400 prospective sales involving licensed dealers were blocked in Nevada. Fugitives, felons, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill were denied purchases thanks to those checks. Nationwide, more than 2.4 million sales have been blocked.
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