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SSgt Christopher Brose
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This is just mindbogglingly stupid. The NRA is an advocacy group. It is one of thousands of advocacy groups in this country. They all exist to advance their causes, they lobby different levels of government to affect changes in laws, people become members and make contributions, and some of that money goes to political campaigns. It's true of the NRA, it's true of anti-gun groups, it's true of Planned Parenthood (I don't know if people can become members of Planned Parenthood, but they can certainly contribute), it's true of a whole bunch of entities. Nobody owns any politicians, in the sense that they can get politicians to vote for something they personally oppose or vote against something they support. NRA money goes to politicians who support 2A rights, and anti-gun money goes to politicians who want to truncate those rights.

Nobody ever talks about politicians being owned by anti-gun groups, even though the argument would apply equally. Liberals are just pissed and envious because the NRA has been effective, much more effective than their anti-gun groups.

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TSgt David L.
TSgt David L.
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I think this started out as humor!
There are tons of PACs and lobby groups out there. You literally can't swing a dead cat in DC without hitting a lobbyist. The NRA is one of them. Everyone has an agenda. Congress people don't become millionaires at a $100,000 a year job.
Big Pharma owns more than the NRA could ever afford. That affects nearly every senior citizen in the country.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
SSgt Christopher Brose
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TSgt David L. - Yeah, you're right. I didn't read the article before posting, and I missed the humor and satire tags. (I just read it and saw the humor.) The headline was close enough to the reality being preached at CNN and MSNBC that I thought it was serious.
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TSgt David L.
TSgt David L.
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SSgt Christopher Brose - No, as Ron Burgundy said; That escalated rather quickly! I think the humor went out after the first response. No apologies. I just was making an observation.
It got serious right away. I think the whole gun debate is well beyond the humor stage.
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This is how educators react on the thought of actually having to shoot back at the next active shooter situation.
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SSG Jessica Bautista
SSG Jessica Bautista
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I'd rather hear from actual teachers.
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Yes, the Jimmy Hoffa of teachers was saying the sky is falling if they actually have to defend the school!
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SSG Jessica Bautista
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I don't get the reference.
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Jimmy Hoffa was the leader of the teamsters years ago. His son is the current Teamster president today. I am a Teamster working for UPS Canada.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa
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CW3 Harvey K.
CW3 Harvey K.
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GD it Major!! You got me completely off guard with a surprise gag.
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I'm glad you think it's funny!!
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