Pyrian on 12/3/2018 at 22:55
The NRA does seem to have outsize influence compared to their expenditures. It took, what, one brief meeting with Trump to make him give up his gun control whim? Granted, Trump is frequently like that.
Starker on 12/3/2018 at 23:44
Political influence is not just about the money that you spend. They are able to very effectively rally their supporters to influence legislators: (
https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevefriess/how-the-nra-built-a-massive-secret-database-of-gun-owners)
And of course there are many more bigger lobbying groups that spend more money, but the NRA also only has one single issue to pursue: saying no to any form of gun control.
A relevant John Oliver segment:
[video=youtube;_ECYMvjU52E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ECYMvjU52E[/video]
Medlar on 14/3/2018 at 09:28
Good video Starker. So the USA just have to get 5 million plus dedicated citizens to nullify the NRA. Is it possible?
Dia on 14/3/2018 at 13:26
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
I looked it up on open secrets how much the NRA spends. It's a bit over five million. A lot objectively speaking, but a rather trivial sum compared to the corporate and NGO money that gets thrown around.
I'm thinking they spend a helluva lot more than that. In 2015 alone the NRA paid nine senators upwards of $22 million.
1.Mitch McConnell (R-KY): $1,262,189
2.Roy Blunt (R-MO): $1,433,952
3.Pat Roberts (R-KS): $1,584,153
4.Tom Cotton (R-AR): $1,968,714
5.David Perdue (R-GA): $1,997,512
6.Bill Cassidy (R-LA): $2,867,074
7.Joni Ernst (R-IA): $3,124,773
8.Cory Gardner (R-CO): $3,939,199
9.Thom Tillis (R-NC): $4,418,833
(The spreadsheet in the linked article is interesting.) (
http://reverbpress.com/politics/nra-pays-senators-millions/)
And let's not forget the $30 million they 'donated' to Donald. I'd love to see 'donations' to politicians' campaigns by organizations like the NRA, etc., deemed illegal. Also, accepting corporate
bribes 'donations' should be illegal, too.
LarryG on 14/3/2018 at 20:46
Yeah. I read that. Sometimes all the training in the world doesn't help, huh? I somehow bet that if the gun had not been on campus that the student wouldn't have gotten injured. Just a guess.
Trance on 14/3/2018 at 21:48
If the teacher didn't have a gun, he'd have just accidentally injured the student with a knife, or a vial of acid, or a moving van. Teachers will find a way.
Tocky on 15/3/2018 at 04:45
Meanwhile on Facebook gun nuts who jizz over the second amendment are going apeshit that kids who don't want to be killed are using their first amendment rights. I've lost all respect for my fellow man. The shear number of complete idiots in Mississippi is staggering.
nickie on 17/3/2018 at 20:29
Could someone explain to me why the person responsible for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting could face the death penalty. Hasn't everyone, including Trump, called him a nutcase already which ordinarily should make him unfit and therefore ineligible?
Pyrian on 18/3/2018 at 00:58
The court determined he was sane on the basis that Trump called him a nutcase. ;)