NP - It's not the video games

[David Morris]

We'll have to see where it goes from here.  At the very least, I think even
the NRA won't be able to stop an assault weapons ban.

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Prashant Kumar <
siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:

> The NRA press conference is, I think, the worst thing I've ever heard this
> year....I feel sick, I just...am I alone, Americans? How did an association
> of hunting enthusiasts who turned into a lobby group who capitalised on a
> wedge issue - to such an extent that they changed the interpretation of an
> Amendment -- gain so much political capital that they can insist on what
> amounts to siege logic, under the guise of rightthinking action? What
> happens when the cop with an itch meets the kid with a bulge in his jacket
> acting out? Why do people who groan when they get out of chairs think they
> have the requisite nerve and alacrity to reach the gun, much less to kill a
> gunman?
>
> Where does your society go from here? Surely there are only so many sharks
> to jump?
>
> P.
>
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