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Gun Control Reform Activism

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flamin lib

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Sat Jul 15, 2017, 10:07 PM Jul 2017

At what point does it become incitement to violence? [View all]

Not long ago this NRA video was all over DU.



A bit over the top for most people but it just didn't go quite far enough. Now the NRA (on NRATV) is featuring five minute diatribes in a segment called "Commentators" sponsored by Ruger (a major gun manufacturer). This is the latest:



There are others but I can't stomach the anger and hysteria in the presentation.

I ask again, at what point does it go past fear mongering to sell guns and turn into hate speech inciting violence?

Perhaps the gun lobby, exemplified by the NRA, is becoming desperate. It would seem so.

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