GOP lawmakers are gaslighting America on the gun debate

[applegrove]

MATTHEW ROZSA at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2018/02/16/gop-lawmakers-are-gaslighting-america-on-the-gun-debate/

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"The reaction of Democrats to any tragedy is to try to politicize it. So they immediately start calling that we’ve got to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens."

- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas

In order to stop mass shootings like the one at a Parkland school, we need to have gun control as a possibility. The reason we can't have a meaningful discussion about preventing mass shootings is because one side — the conservative side — is absolutely determined to never allow gun control to be considered as an option.

This observation may not in itself be new, but it warrants constant repetition.

While it is normally constructive to hear out the positions of those who disagree with you, Cruz's claims are noteworthy because they aren't a good faith contribution to the dialogue. There are rather an attempt to end dialogue altogether.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Cruz...typical. Another fucking moron.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. Lie and project

Rinse and repeat. Over and over and over

Sad thing, it’s worked in 3 of the last 5 elections

[nature-lover]

3. Always a jerk. I have the privilege of voting for his Democratic opponent this fall.

[ooky]

4. Well...then its high time to vote conservatives out.

The kids appear to be starting to understand the drill. “Conservatives get money, I get to die”.

Sounds like a new voting block for democrats in the making. Conservatives have created many many different reasons for people to become democrats. I became one when my 6 year old son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, and I found out that we could not buy health insurance because conservatives received money so we could be denied coverage.

It would be interesting to hear all the many stories of how people became democrats, and how many were because they were adversely impacted by conservative greed.