Dana Loesch follows NRA playbook in Town Hall meeting by deflecting questions, avoiding fundamental conversation about gun access
Parkland student Emma Gonzalez’s question was on point, but NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch never answered it.
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What’s behind the AR-15’s allure, and why we must restrict its sale if we want to limit future mass shootings
/in New York Daily News/by Frank SmythThe weapon is a modification of the M-16 rifle. Its round is designed to maximize damage to tissue and bone.
Five Years After Sandy Hook, Major U.S. Papers Still Have a Serious Gun Problem
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythThe news and opinion section at each The New York Times and The Washington Post are out of synch whether to identify “independent” gun rights scholar David Kopel’s NRA funding.
Swamp Things: Texas Governor Abbott’s Debt to the Gun Lobby
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythTexas Gov. Gregg Abbott is hardly the only elected official to benefit from the gun lobby. But his story reveals how they hide in the swamp,
Gun Reform Needs Grassroots Activists Not Astroturf
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythLong before “fake news” became a common refrain, the NRA already knew how to control debate: Speak only when likely to win. Obfuscate to impede dialogue. Deploy paid experts without disclosing their NRA funding.
“The Price of Freedom”: For the Gun Lobby, Mass Shootings Cannot Be Avoided
/in The Progressive/by Frank Smyth“This is the price of freedom,” former, disgraced Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly wrote Monday on his own website hours after the Las Vegas country music concert shooting.
Four Years after Sandy Hook, the NRA Continues the Arming of America
/in The Progressive/by Frank Smyth“I don’t think it’s quite game over,” said Jonathan E. Lowy, legal director of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “But there are reasons to be concerned.”