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Brooklyn Bridge gun control march: Could pushback against gun culture be working?
Brooklyn Bridge gun control march: Could pushback against gun culture be working?By Patrik Jonsson at Yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/brooklyn-bridge-gun-control-march-could-pushback-against-180632594.html
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The hundreds of gun-control protesters who crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and marched on New York City Hall on Saturday had an emotional message to deliver about recent school and mass shootings: Not one more!
The march is part of former New York Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloombergs gambit to coalesce a gun control movement now flush with money but low on national traction into a political force. They are up against a considerable foe not just the powerful National Rifle Association, but a general trend in America toward expanding, not contracting gun rights.
But as the number of Columbine-style school shootings pile up there have been 15 since the Sandy Hook massacre in December 2012, according to CNN the march also represents a shift among gun control groups. Finding little traction in Congress and state houses, theyre starting to take on gun culture more generally, forcing Americans to look at whether broadening gun rights is motivating the mostly young, white males opening fire on their fellow citizens and classmates.
Fostering a gun culture comes at a price, writes Paul Barrett, in Business Week.
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Brooklyn Bridge gun control march: Could pushback against gun culture be working? (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2014
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. Judging by the influx of gun-humping idiots joining DU, it's working great!
Their tactics become more desperate, their language gets more course, and their "logic" gets more absurd.
Sore losers, all
randys1
(16,286 posts)2. Eww, careful, you will get reported by one of them.
I agree with you completely so if anybody is going to report arcane1 for hurting someones feelings, be GOD DAMN SURE to report me too
Oh
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NOT
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billh58
(6,641 posts)3. Their desperation is obvious
isn't it? To me, however, their right-wing "logic" has always been absurd, if not down right pathetically delusional.
billh58
(6,641 posts)4. K&R
The tide of public opinion is turning...