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In reply to the discussion: As the NRA actively worked for Obama's defeat [View all]eqfan592
(5,963 posts)THEY are the root cause of violent crime in this country? THEY are the ones who, when faced with a violent crime problem, decided to focus almost all of their efforts on attacking a single implement instead of the root causes?
If the so-called progressives that lash out against guns put half as much energy into fighting poverty, improving our education system, reforming our criminal justice system by doing away with the War on Drugs and the practice of locking up non-violent criminals with violent ones, and improving access to mental healthcare in this country, we'd be well on the road to not only a massive reduction in violent crime, but a massive improvement in quality of life for everybody in our country. But no, instead these issues get lip service at best from most, while massive campaigns to implement a background check system that, while perhaps logical, will do next to NOTHING to reduce actual violent crime, but because they give the appearance of a "quick fix," they make you feel good.
No, the NRA is not blameless, as they regularly support politicians and policies that stand in direct opposition to these objectives, but there are plenty of hands that have blood on them, and they are not all the NRAs.