The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) leadership has broken its silence following last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Comments made by its leadership at CNN’s February 21 town hall on gun violence and during speeches at CPAC indicate that the NRA is coalescing around a misleading talking point that attacks the national background check system for gun purchases. Three different times during a 24 hour period, NRA leadership bemoaned that states are not required to submit disqualifying records into the background check system: At CNN’s town hall, NRA national spokesperson Dana Loesch said, “We had three lawmakers on this stage and only one of them hinted at reinforcing the background check system.
The Nra’s New Talking Point About Background Checks Is Bullshit
Media Matters for America, Media Matters for America
Thu, 02/22/2018 - 12:06pm
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