Running shooting thread 2023

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-nra-rewrote-second-amendment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/31/second-amendment-individual-rights/

Politics Changed the Reading of the Second Amendment—and Can Change It Again

www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-conservatives-reinvented-the-second-amendment/

 

LOL. That last ad is for a pellet gun that might not have enough power to kill a squirrel.

 

I would willingly give every household in America a shotgun and a Nylon .22* in exchange for every gun they keep in the home.

*Or any bolt-action hunting iron of their choosing.

 

Oh, there are lots to choose from.

 

When the NRA became the de facto marketing arm of the firearm industry things really changed. Instead of focusing on target shooting and hunting, it was about protecting yourself from rampant crime and lawlessness. They realized fear equaled more gun sales which equaled more money for the NRA.

 

I'm not sure what your point is? That America is a gun culture? Yeah, we know that.

 

Hmmm, I wonder if society can change?

 

It can. But not always for the better.

 

That spring-powered BB gun at the bottom wouldn’t dent an aluminum can at 15 yards. I grew up shooting one exactly like it in my grandparents’ backyard.

Conflating items like that with ARs undermines your argument in the eyes of gun owners.

 

Tennessee Rep. Gives Baffling Answer On How To Protect Kids in School Following Nashville Shooting: ‘We Homeschool’

I don’t see any real role that we could do other than mess things up, honestly, because of the situation. Like I said, I don’t think a criminal’s gonna stop from guns. You know, you can print them out on the computer now. 3D printing,” Burchett said. “I don’t think you’re gonna stop the gun violence. I think you, you’ve gotta change people’s hearts. You know, as a Christian, as we talk about in the church, and I’ve said this many times, I think we really need a revival

meh 3:16

 

MAGAs are sharing bodycam video of the cops shooting the killer, referred in copy as the "trans shooter."

So there's your framing for this one so they don't have to talk about guns.