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DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:04 PM Aug 2015

Father Of Slain Journalist Alison Parker: We Need To Keep Pressure On Politicians Not To Be Afraid of the NRA

ANDY PARKER (speaking to media): We've got to do whatever we can to hold these people's feet to the fire and not be afraid of the NRA fighting any kind of reasonable legislation tooth and nail. We're not trying to take people's guns away. All we want to do is keep crazy people from getting guns. And there's got to be a way to do it, and I'm going to dig down in the weeds and start to learn the process, it's too raw for me yet, but I guarantee you somebody's got the answer for this and somebody's got a reasonable answer for this, and I'm going to find it, and I'm going to make it happen....

PARKER: I'm hoping that this time is different because she's, as I mentioned, she's one of you guys. She's one of you guys, and not that that makes you special but you have a voice and you need to use that voice and we need to keep the pressure on the politicians to not be afraid of the NRA. I mean listen the best thing that the NRA could do right now - most of their members support reasonable gun control. The membership does. But the politicians that they get money from the NRA, they don't do anything, and it's time that we hold these people's feet to the fire and shame them wherever we can. I want to go to the Virginia legislature and I want them to look me in the eye and tell me why can't we have a reasonable proposal, any reasonable background check, the things that common sense dictates. I want them to look me in the eye and tell me why they don't want to support that.

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Father Of Slain Journalist Alison Parker: We Need To Keep Pressure On Politicians Not To Be Afraid of the NRA (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Aug 2015 OP
Roger That - And Their Membership As Well cantbeserious Aug 2015 #1
It's shameful that that organization holds such power over politicians... DeepModem Mom Aug 2015 #2
Agree Completely About The NRA And Their Membership cantbeserious Aug 2015 #3
The NRA does not represent it's members the great majority of which support UBC, flamin lib Aug 2015 #7
There is actual footage of the shooting. Iliyah Aug 2015 #4
IMO he has the right to be outraged DashOneBravo Aug 2015 #5
My condolences to Mr. Parker. ellisonz Aug 2015 #6
In Kansas City this weekend, three children have been shot. -none Aug 2015 #8

DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
2. It's shameful that that organization holds such power over politicians...
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:18 PM
Aug 2015

and such power, period. I Tweeted something today and attached "#gunsense" to the Tweet, and I got so many combative replies! Since I don't "fight" online, I just blocked them all.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
7. The NRA does not represent it's members the great majority of which support UBC,
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 08:30 AM
Aug 2015

broadening the criteria for prohibited persons, improving reporting to the NICS system, and a host of other sensible gun legislation.

Since 1970 the NRA gets a large majority of it's financial support from gun and ammo manufacturers. N?RA management does not give a shit about the membership, only the manufacturers.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
4. There is actual footage of the shooting.
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:25 PM
Aug 2015

Knowing to the news station that this person needed help even the ones who were killed could not believe what was happening.

DashOneBravo

(2,679 posts)
5. IMO he has the right to be outraged
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:44 PM
Aug 2015

He lost his daughter.

"All we want to do is to keep crazy people from getting guns."

I think you'll find most gun owners would agree.

ellisonz

(27,739 posts)
6. My condolences to Mr. Parker.
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 02:32 AM
Aug 2015

I would challenge him though that the NRA membership goes far beyond the formal, what I like to call the NRA type. People who are just disturbingly in love with their ability to kill people at the pull of a trigger. I hate to break it to him, but they won't listen.

-none

(1,884 posts)
8. In Kansas City this weekend, three children have been shot.
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 10:21 PM
Aug 2015

One on Friday, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
How many more people are going to be shot to keep the gun manufactures in record profits before the rest of us rise up and do something constructive, to get this country's excess weapons problem under control?
The murders at WDBJ needs to be a catalyst for common sense gun control to stop the obscene number of gun shootings/killings every day in this country.

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