One of the biggest applause lines at last night’s CNN town hall on American gun policy came from Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Attempting to make the case that an assault weapon ban wouldn’t be effective, the Senator said “you would literally have to ban every semi-automatic rifle.” He, of course, thought that members of the […]
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Despite what Marco Rubio and his fellow NRA shills may say, gun bans are both popular and effective
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1994, 2004, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Australia, background checks, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Federal Assault Weapons Ban, Florida, gun control, gun rights, gun violence, Marco Rubio, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, NRA, Obama, Pam Bondi, Parkland, polling, polls, Sandy Hook, school shooting, second amendment 132 Comments
Motivated by student pressure, Trump agrees to make good on his promise to ban “bump stocks”
Well, round one appears to have gone to the kids of Parkland… The White House announced this afternoon that, at long last, Donald Trump would be making good on his promise to ban so-called “bump stocks” and other devices used to convert semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic ones. This, as you’ll recall, was something that […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged arming teachers, bump stock, conspiracy theories, crisis actors, deep state, Donald Trump, Florida, gun control, gun rights, guns, InfoWars, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, National School Walkout, Parkland, student activism, student protests, West Boca High School 27 Comments