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Lawmakers wary of domestic violence gun ban because of political risks
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150412/PC1603/150419886/1031/lawmakers-wary-of-domestic-violence-gun-ban-because-of-political-risks
(T)he Charleston Republican believes a gun ban keeping convicted batterers from having firearms is needed if the state is going to stem an epidemic of domestic violence.
The gun ban is in the Senate bill that passed by a lopsided 38-3 vote, but is not in the House bill and Limehouse doesnt think it has much of a chance in the House.
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The NRA has remained neutral on the domestic violence bills in South Carolina, as it did on similar bills in other states, including Wisconsin.
But the fear that voting for a gun ban to combat domestic violence could come back to haunt a politician is not out of the question.
Until they are more afraid of us than they are of the NRA we'll have dead women and children. Until 30,000 deaths a year begin to register at the polling place we'll have dead women and children. Until those of us who give a shit begin to feel the outrage and actually do something we'll have dead women and children.
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Lawmakers wary of domestic violence gun ban because of political risks (Original Post)
flamin lib
Apr 2015
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stone space
(6,498 posts)1. Domestic abusers form a rather large voting block, I suppose. (nt)
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. That would mean taking guns away from their base
I already know how this is going to end. They'll suggest battered women take up shooting, so she can shoot her crazy ass ex. Win win for the GOP, more armed women, and more guns sold. USA! USA! USA!
shenmue
(38,537 posts)3. So they don't care if women get shot
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)4. It's not that they don't care...
It is much worse than that. They will deny that it is a problem. They will say things like well women commit domestic abuse too. Or that the statistics are blown out of proportion. They will also try to twist things every which way to blame the victim.