More Cities Consider Gun Control

[SecularMotion]

Mattie Scott stands in front of a packed house at the Mountain View City Council Chambers. She’s here to talk about her son and nephew, both of whom were killed in gun violence. As she tells her and the boys’ story, someone in the back shouts, “You’re disgusting!”

Another woman speaks about the gut-wrenching loss of her child, who was also shot and killed. Like Scott, she has come here to advocate for better gun control in her community. But not everyone has the same agenda. In the back of the chambers, a group of mostly white men are here to shout them down.

Some hold protest signs, while others wear yellow Star of David armbands. They are the persecuted—not the dead. Before the meeting ends, one of these men will tell Scott, an African American, to “go back to where you came from.”

Said one attendee, “I think there should have been a metal detector.”

http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/02/25/sunnyvale-gun-control-measure-inspires-nearby-cities/

[billh58]

1. Does this sound familiar?

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From the linked article:

"Forum organizer and Mountain View resident Sally Lieber, a former state assembly member who in 2005 successfully co-authored a bill to ban sniper rifles, says the protesters were “hell bent on shouting down and stopping our forum. But we kept moving forward.” The anger displayed by pro-gun activists may have worked to drown out the speakers, Lieber adds, but there’s a far more substantial group that won’t be so easily intimidated: voters.

Second Amendment absolutists use the same tactics everywhere. They attempt to dominate the conversation by being louder and angrier than those advocating for safe and sane gun legislation, and when that doesn't work they use intimidation and threats. In the end, however, and contrary to the gun lobby's propaganda, American voters (including sensible gun owners) are seeing the absolute need for curtailing the easy access to guns.

Rather than solving problems through obscene SYG and CCW right-wing policies, American voters will use the democratic process to address the out-of-control gun right-wing culture in this country.

Edited to add: here is a perfect example of the vocal minority tactic of being louder and angrier:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4579056

[tosh]

2. OMG!

I read that OP & thread hours ago along with the NYT link and comments there.

That thread has truly gone to hell!

[billh58]

3. Notice also that the

path to hell was paved by a few Second Amendment absolutists that make up the very vocal minority of right-wing gun culture apologists on DU.