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he had lunch with them today before he met with the governors....(lapierre and the gang)
got his marching orders....
at his meeting with the governors he never once mentioned raising the age limit to buy a semi-auto...
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Guess NRA didn't likey.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)It doesn't do anything to solve the problem but Dems would have to vote for it. It would make it harder to outright ban AR-15 and their like because people would say we need to wait and see if it works.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Chuck and Nancy. Evil GOP murderous bastards!
trueblue2007
(17,238 posts)RainCaster
(10,914 posts)For the NRA or Russia.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)February 22, 2018 12:42 pm
Donald Trump Will Never Cross the NRA
By
Frank Rich (nymag-Intelligencer)
Snip
...make no mistake about Trump: However much listening he purports to do, he will do absolutely nothing to remedy the epidemic of violence that is literally and figuratively consuming the country. Trump, who was endorsed by the NRA even before he won the presidential nomination and then benefited from $30 million of NRA campaign spending, is even now giving the gun lobby still more of what it paid for.
spanone
(135,873 posts)$30 million is a big payback
jimmil
(629 posts)Doesn't Congress have the authority to limit what type of guns can be sold by passing an amendment or whatever they call it? The president does not have the authority to do so. It was ruled sometime around 2006 or 2008 that the president cannot ban the manufacture of bump stocks as he does not have the authority. That authority is in the lap of Congress.
It's a win win for Prez Gump. He can be all for it (meaning he is raising his approval rating) and turn around and blame Congress for not doing anything (bumping his approval rating higher yet again).
Again if I am wrong please feel free to correct me and tell me what an idiot I am.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)less normal activities than a president meeting with a special interest group he mostly agrees with?