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applegrove

(123,130 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:39 PM Jun 2014

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 Bloomberg’s 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, they’re 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 OP
Judging by the influx of gun-humping idiots joining DU, it's working great! arcane1 Jun 2014 #1
Eww, careful, you will get reported by one of them. randys1 Jun 2014 #2
Their desperation is obvious billh58 Jun 2014 #3
K&R billh58 Jun 2014 #4
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. Judging by the influx of gun-humping idiots joining DU, it's working great!
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:44 PM
Jun 2014

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.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:51 PM
Jun 2014

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



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billh58

(6,641 posts)
3. Their desperation is obvious
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:08 PM
Jun 2014

isn't it? To me, however, their right-wing "logic" has always been absurd, if not down right pathetically delusional.

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