Focused Read in 2 minutes
“How Gun Safety Laws
Have (And Haven't) Changed Since Pulse & What Still Needs to Be
Done
(October 2, 2017)
… What can readers do to
help enact change?
The first thing is that we
all need to call our members of Congress and say that they absolutely
should vote no on NRA priority legislation, like silencers and
concealed carry reciprocity, which are two bills that are making
their way right now to Congress. Those bills should not go through;
they’re opposed by police, they’re opposed by constituents and
they are dangerous. They are the NRA’s dream and a public safety
nightmare and people should call and oppose those bills. The
other thing they can do is join us. We are fighting gun violence
where people live, in every single state of the country. And you can
do that by texting “ready” to 64433....
We are really the only
developed country that has a gun lobby. There’s been an experiment
in our country now for a couple of decades: what happens when we have
a lot of guns and very few gun laws. And it’s very clear that
that’s a failed experiment, the outcome of it is we have a 20-times
higher gun homicide rate than any other developed nation. It is up to
Americans to put an end to it.”
You can read more here
* For the record: As a Focused Democrat, Watts opinions on how Democrats in positions of power should represent their constituencies are her own and not necessarily supported by me in the context of my Party.
( You can read more about Watts in this 2014 article:
“‘Badass’ Moms Take
Gun Fight To NRA’s Home Turf”
here )
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ US Intelligence | Author | Navy Senior Chief | NBC/MSNBC
⭐⭐⭐ Federal Government Operations | Vanity Fair | Newsweek | MSNBC Contributor | Author
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Voting Rights/Voter Suppression | Author | Mother Jones
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📰📰📰 Mother Jones
📰📰📰 The Washington Post
📰📰📰 The New York Times
💻💻💻 News And Guts on Facebook
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📺📺📺 Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
📺📺📺 The Beat With Ari on MSNBC
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