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Post by Admin on Apr 27, 2019 17:05:18 GMT
President Donald Trump on Friday announced at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting that the United States will drop out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups.
Trump told members of the gun lobby that he intends to revoke the status of the United States as a signatory of the Arms Trade Treaty, which was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.
"We're taking our signature back," Trump said to thousands of cheering attendees, many wearing red hats emblazoned with the Republican president's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
The NRA has long opposed the treaty which regulates the $70 billion business in conventional arms and seeks to keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers. The lobbying group argues it would undermine domestic gun rights, a view the Obama administration rejected.
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Post by Admin on May 1, 2019 17:31:22 GMT
Donald Trump Jr. blamed the “social media gods” at Instagram for allegedly deleting a photo of himself with an injured US Army veteran. http://instagram.com/p/Bw4Q9X8FYaY The photo of Trump Jr. and Sgt. Omar “Crispy” Avila was taken last week at the National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis. Avila posted the snap to his own Instagram — but claimed on Sunday that it was inexplicably yanked. In a lengthy post on Tuesday, the president’s eldest son called out Instagram for “their bias deleting posts.” “There was nothing harsh or political in there and as usual it magically somehow ‘violated @instagram standards’, presumably because I’m in it and that’s too much for the social media gods in California,” Trump Jr. ranted. “The bulls–t has to stop. If Instagram can censor a hero like this who the hell won’t they suppress???” |
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Post by Admin on May 2, 2019 17:49:34 GMT
Alyssa Milano gave Tomi Lahren a lesson about Australia’s strict gun policy on Twitter Wednesday.
It all started when the Fox Nation host aggressively criticized California Representative Eric Swalwell over Democrats' ongoing push for tighter gun laws. “Crazed, hateful maniacs who set out to murder Jews, Christians, Muslims or human beings in general, DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR GUN LAWS OR STUPID BUYBACKS!” she tweeted on Tuesday.
Swalwell noted how few mass shootings Australia has endured since the country banned assault weapons with its National Firearms Agreement in 1996. Meanwhile, incidents in America continue to skyrocket, with more than 2,000 mass shootings across the nation since 2012's Sandy Hook tragedy, according to Vox.
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Post by Admin on Jul 4, 2019 4:36:46 GMT
The National Rifle Association aired an avalanche of TV ads and pushed its 5 million-plus members to the polls for Donald Trump in 2016, propelling him in the Rust Belt states that delivered him the presidency. Now, the gun rights group is in total meltdown — and senior Republicans and Trump 2020 officials are alarmed. In recent weeks, the NRA has seen everything from a failed coup attempt to the departure of its longtime political architect to embarrassing tales of self-dealing by top leaders. The turmoil is fueling fears that the organization will be profoundly diminished heading into the election, leaving the Republican Party with a gaping hole in its political machinery. With the Chamber of Commerce and Koch political network withdrawing from their once-dominant roles in electing conservatives, Republicans worry that three organizations that have long formed the core of their electoral infrastructure will be effectively on the sidelines.  The predicament has so troubled some Republicans that they are calling on the famously secretive NRA to address its 2020 plans. Within the past week, senators have privately expressed concerns about the group to National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Todd Young. |
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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2019 17:33:40 GMT
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a sweeping gun control plan Saturday with the goal of reducing gun deaths by 80% through executive action and legislation.  "You've got to start with a goal. I haven't heard anybody else talk about a goal," Warren said in an interview with The NPR Politics Podcast. "What I've heard them talk about is here's one thing we'll do, and one thing we'll do, and one thing we'll do, and then we'll quit." Announcing her plan, Warren said the first step toward meeting her goal is immediate administrative action, which includes a range of ideas such as requiring background checks, investigating the NRA, and revoking licenses for gun dealers who break the law. |
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