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Gun Control Reform Activism

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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 10:50 AM Apr 2015

Are gun rights really that important to Americans [View all]

or is it pure cash?

http://www.oyetimes.com/news/america/80496-gun-rights-gun-control-and-spending-in-washington

Here are a couple of charts from the article:





Gun toters rant and rail about Bloomberg's $50 million commitment to gun safety but the real numbers belie the hypocrisy of such bitching and moaning.

With this kind of money being handed out in Washington, D.C. it's small wonder that even slaughtering 20 first-graders couldn't budge Congress to pass something as simple as Universal Background Checks.

If you want to make a difference, support a gun violence group of your choice.

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