https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/21/once-upon-a-time-the-nra-advocated-gun-control/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/21/once-upon-a-time-the-nra-advocated-gun-control/#comment-79090 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:07:04 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13977#comment-79090 That’s a good point, Teresa.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/21/once-upon-a-time-the-nra-advocated-gun-control/#comment-79091 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:07:04 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13977#comment-79091 Nice job, Warren. It seems to me that NRA has become highly politicized and has become a wing of the Republican Party. They kicked up a relatively minor fuss over the Brady Bill, eventually accepting it, but here is Obama proposing little more than an upgrade of the Brady Bill. His 23-item executive order is innocuous to say the least, and any bans on assault weapons and ammunition will have to go through Congress. Yet, you would think he had banned these weapons outright, the way the NRA and Republican leaders reacted to the executive order.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/21/once-upon-a-time-the-nra-advocated-gun-control/#comment-79096 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:07:04 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13977#comment-79096 I don’t think that the intransigency of the NRA is a matter of tactics. I think that distrust w.r.t the government is much greater nowadays, and nobody expects that a moderate agreement between the NRA and the government will prevent the government from going further.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/21/once-upon-a-time-the-nra-advocated-gun-control/#comment-54840 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:33:51 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13977#comment-54840 I don’t think that the intransigency of the NRA is a matter of tactics. I think that distrust w.r.t the government is much greater nowadays, and nobody expects that a moderate agreement between the NRA and the government will prevent the government from going further.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/21/once-upon-a-time-the-nra-advocated-gun-control/#comment-54839 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:44:05 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13977#comment-54839 PS:
From: TruthOut.org, Thursday, 20 December 2012:
Association. Published: March 29, 1991
Ronald Reagan in 1991: Why I Support Gun Control
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/opinion/why-i-m-for-the-brady-bill.html
By Ronald Reagan; Ronald Reagan, in announcing support for the Brady bill yesterday, reminded his audience he is a member of the National Rifle

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