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I want to see the NRA shrunk to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. Namely, (Original Post) madinmaryland Dec 2012 OP
Me too! tblue Dec 2012 #1
Sunday night there was a Twitter storm sasha031 Dec 2012 #2
OK, I give up. It's time for me to figure out twitter. Can we trend #Repeal the Second Amendment Dems to Win Dec 2012 #5
How? pipoman Dec 2012 #3
We have to make it socially unacceptable to own an arsenal. It's not right to put my family at risk Dems to Win Dec 2012 #7
Good luck with that... pipoman Dec 2012 #8
Excellent idea! Alternate location in case the one you suggest is unavailable... We People Dec 2012 #4
I didn't know until today that Grover Norquist was on the board of the NRA. PA Democrat Dec 2012 #6
It seems to me, JanMichael Dec 2012 #9
Yes. That is pretty much when it started to change. nt madinmaryland Dec 2012 #10

tblue

(16,350 posts)
1. Me too!
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 01:14 AM
Dec 2012

Me too!!!!!!!! And soon. It's appalling what I'm reading even here on DU. The name calling by people who want their freaking guns in case they ever want to kill somebody. It's so revolting and sad.

sasha031

(6,700 posts)
2. Sunday night there was a Twitter storm
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 01:19 AM
Dec 2012

we had #NoWayNRA trending for hrs, even made the news.

I really like it there, because, as a collective we can move opinion.

 

Dems to Win

(2,161 posts)
5. OK, I give up. It's time for me to figure out twitter. Can we trend #Repeal the Second Amendment
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 03:20 AM
Dec 2012

Is there a Twitter for Dummies guide?

 

Dems to Win

(2,161 posts)
7. We have to make it socially unacceptable to own an arsenal. It's not right to put my family at risk
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 03:41 AM
Dec 2012

so that you can enjoy a lethal hobby. Maybe parents and everyone really understand now how one person's selfish, lethal hobby allows their troubled teen to turn into a perfectly equipped killing machine. We've got to make it unpopular and frowned upon to impose these risks upon one's neighbors. Then the NRA will lose members.

More short term, the anti-NRA twitter movement sounds way cool.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
8. Good luck with that...
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:35 AM
Dec 2012

I am betting that the NRA emerges this tragic event with more new dues paying members than all of the gun control groups combined.

We People

(619 posts)
4. Excellent idea! Alternate location in case the one you suggest is unavailable...
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:31 AM
Dec 2012

...may I suggest the bathtub of Wayne LaPierre

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
6. I didn't know until today that Grover Norquist was on the board of the NRA.
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 03:28 AM
Dec 2012

Those right wing nut jobs are an incestuous little group aren't they?

JanMichael

(24,895 posts)
9. It seems to me,
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:39 AM
Dec 2012

iirc, the NRA, when I was a kid (I am 48) promoted gun SAFETY. They ran kid's classes, taught people how to safely store, clean and maintain them for recreational use. I would like to see them get back to that, if my memory is right.

It seems they went nuts during the Reagan years? Again, my memory might be faulty...and if someone else knows, I wish they would post here.

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