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LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 04:34 PM Jun 2014

The NRA Is Suddenly Concerned About Gay Couples (TP)

The National Rifle Association has come out in opposition to a bill that would prohibit more domestic abusers from legally obtaining firearms, complaining that the restrictions could apply to partners of the same sex.

The legislation, introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), would tighten existing federal restrictions against gun ownership for individuals convicted of domestic violence and stalking. Federal law prohibits individuals with misdemeanor violence convictions from owning guns, but includes loopholes that allow convicted stalkers and “individuals in a current or former dating relationship who never lived together or had a child together” to purchase weapons.

But in an e-mail sent to Congress on Tuesday, the gun lobby complains that the legislation goes too far by “including expansive and vaguely defined ‘dating relationships’ and individuals ‘similarly situated to a spouse.’” It goes on to single out partnered gay men...

The e-mail also questions the need for including stalkers in federal restrictions, since stalking offenses “do not necessarily include violent or even threatening behavior.”


http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/25/3453248/the-nra-is-suddenly-concerned-about-gay-couples/



The idiots, half-wits and hacks that make up the NRA... bless their little hearts.

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The NRA Is Suddenly Concerned About Gay Couples (TP) (Original Post) LanternWaste Jun 2014 OP
Remember the NRA is a marketing apparatus. They want EVERYONE to be able to get as many Doctor_J Jun 2014 #1
Consider who's now in charge of the NRA derby378 Jun 2014 #2
Only a good gay with a gun can stop a bad gay with a gun underpants Jun 2014 #3
But...but...but...the NRA is a SINGLE ISSUE advocacy group! Paladin Jun 2014 #4
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
1. Remember the NRA is a marketing apparatus. They want EVERYONE to be able to get as many
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 04:38 PM
Jun 2014

guns as will fit in their residence. So gay stalkers and domestic abusers are another market they don't want closed off.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
4. But...but...but...the NRA is a SINGLE ISSUE advocacy group!
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 05:04 PM
Jun 2014

How many times have you heard that from the gun-addled faithful? What a load of bullshit.

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