Tell me again who is leading on gun control?
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 19:28 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
Yes, if the people beholden go the gun lobby choose not to be, bills can be passed.
What gun lobby?
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Sarah Isgur made an excellent point about this subject on the Advisory Opinions Podcast she hosts with David French (thanks for the tip, @jon-nyc ). She really thinks the ultimate answer to the gun-control issue (as well as many other critical stumbling blocks) is the partisan primaries. She pointed to Alaska's new non-partisan primary as an example of a system that can reduce the power of many partisan lobby groups and organizations and can actually allow progress to be made. https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_elections_in_Alaska
wrote on 29 May 2022, 19:30 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
Sarah Isgur made an excellent point about this subject on the Advisory Opinions Podcast she hosts with David French (thanks for the tip, @jon-nyc ). She really thinks the ultimate answer to the gun-control issue (as well as many other critical stumbling blocks) is the partisan primaries. She pointed to Alaska's new non-partisan primary as an example of a system that can reduce the power of many partisan lobby groups and organizations and can actually allow progress to be made. https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_elections_in_Alaska
We had jungle primaries for many years. It does keep down the radicals. It's also very good at squashing original thought or grass root movements.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 19:48 last edited by
I think it is fair to consider partisan primaries as a failed experiment.
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At this point I think the gun lobby is not as powerful as it once was and is simply used as a boogeyman to explain away failure to pass legislation.
wrote on 29 May 2022, 21:55 last edited by Copper@Mik said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
At this point I think the gun lobby is not as powerful as it once was
It is almost dead.
It's lobbying budget is maybe 1% of big tech.
The NRA could be bankrupt soon.
The hang wringing about the powerful gun lobby is a lie, or maybe just plain ignorance. But it still sells to some audiences.
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 13:39 last edited by
Apparently, Ohio is considering it.
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 13:44 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
I think it is fair to consider partisan primaries as a failed experiment.
And perhaps one that continues to fail worse each year. Let's remember how close we were to a Sanders dem nominee, and of course let's remember the plurality path of Trump in 2016.
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Apparently, Ohio is considering it.
wrote on 31 May 2022, 13:56 last edited by@Mik said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
Apparently, Ohio is considering it.
Arming more school staff (by lowering firearm training standard for school staff even lower) — is this what you call “leading on gun control”?
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 14:11 last edited by
We've already addressed this earlier in the thread.
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 18:42 last edited by
It just leads me to question your definition of “gun control.”
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 19:42 last edited by
What's yours?
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 19:54 last edited by
@Axtremus said in Tell me again who is leading on gun control?:
It just leads me to question your definition of “gun control.”
Weaver or Isosceles?
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 20:06 last edited by Mik
Mine is generally you hit the target in the intended location.
But the real problem is illegal guns.