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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The United States is a war zone.  I agree OP, the time to talk about how to fix this is now.   Such a crime wouldn't have happened in other developed countries, where gun licensing often involves interviews, home visits, and interviews of references (i.e. a proper background check).[/quote]

As someone who has hunted with a (single shot) rifle, 20 years ago I would have said the problem was that red-area hunters didn’t understand that blue-city people actually get killed by handguns, and blue-city people don’t understand that hunting doesn’t really make people less safe.  The problem used to be a lack of understanding between communities.

Then the NRA turned into a fusion of rightwing billionaires who want votes for tax cuts (that’s why the Koches and similar give money to the NRA) along with gun corporations that want to increase profit by selling more guns.

Today, we’re up against much more than misunderstandings.  We’re up against a well-financed conservative infrastructure that doesn’t care how many people die as long as they make more money — either by gun sales or tax cuts and deregulation.

I feel bad for the average NRA member.  40 years ago, the NRA was truly a gun safety organization.  Some of its members still are that group.  But today the NRA (and its funders) are literally a domestic terror organization. [/quote]

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