Whitehouse: Trump not going to Ban AR's

[szechuan]

Well there goes all the hardwork out the window.

And yeah Trump is working with the NRA now, so no more Gun Control only security.

NRA's answer to all our problems? More guns.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...lt-weapons-ban
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?utm_term=.137cff125960

[Dontrike]

Not surprising the NRA got to him, they've had him in their pocket since the beginning of his campaign.

[beanman12345]

I mean, was there really any expectations anything else was gonna happen? Also Trump was touting himself as the NRA guy like 6 month before the primary, it was one of the main things he mentioned at all his rallies, so that's nothing new.

[Kujako]

And water is still wet. These are things we knew.

[Felya]

And water is still wet. These are things we knew.

Yeah, the only way to combat gun violence, is to sell more guns. Can you imagine that working with anything else? The solution to less pot... something, I am not totally sure what it’s meant to stop... but, imagine if the solution was a mandate on more pot. Fuck that... imagine if there was a mandate on all teachers to buy insurance. Holly shit would that be a problem...

[Xeones]

There was zero expectation he would support it.

The NRA is the enemy people need to stand against to save their lives. Until you get republicans out of their grasp it'll just keep getting worse.

[Felya]

There was zero expectation he would support it.

The NRA is the enemy people need to stand against to save their lives. Until you get republicans out of their grasp it'll just keep getting worse.

It’s about the money, don’t slander the NRA by claiming they care about anything else. What other lobby has motives that are not about influencing their bottom line. That is the point of lobbying and why a billionaire like Trump was supposed to be immune to it. 30 million later...

[Stormspark]

There was zero expectation he would support it.

The NRA is the enemy people need to stand against to save their lives. Until you get republicans out of their grasp it'll just keep getting worse.

And the funny thing? The NRA is firmly in the grasp of the Russians.

[Machismo]

I think it's funny that people actually believed Trump was actually going to go against the whims of the NRA.

[Felya]

Trump does not care about his own kids, let alone other people's kids...

There is hardly any room under that umbrella for Trump’s ego alone.

[Glnger]

but I just liquidated my house to buy Buschmaster stocks!!!!!!!11111

FBI!!! SOCIALISTS!!!!, MSM!!! YOU DID THIS TO MEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!1

[cubby]

Well there goes all the hardwork out the window.

And yeah Trump is working with the NRA now, so no more Gun Control only security.

NRA's answer to all our problems? More guns.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...lt-weapons-ban
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?utm_term=.137cff125960

If having more guns in more places made Americans safer, then we would have the lowest rates of gun violence in any developed country in the world, and the exact opposite is true.

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There was zero expectation he would support it.

The NRA is the enemy people need to stand against to save their lives. Until you get republicans out of their grasp it'll just keep getting worse.

How hard is it to join? How about we all join up, and vote their silly as Pres and Board out.

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I think it's funny that people actually believed Trump was actually going to go against the whims of the NRA.

It's like a two-fer. He's beholden to the NRA because of all the GOP campaign donations, and he's beholden to the NRA because the Russians control the organization, whom he is also beholden to.

He's fucked! We're fucked!

[Breccia]

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he is "amazed" at how quickly President Trump bowed to the National Rifle Association (NRA) after he threw his support behind a proposal to arm trained teachers.

"Not surprised the NRA reeled President Trump back in," Schumer said in a statement. "Just amazed at how fast it happened."

Schumer's comment came after another statement earlier Thursday, in which he accused Trump of having caved to the NRA's demands on gun reform in the past.

"I hope this time will be different," Schumer said in the earlier statement.

Trump signaled a shift on gun control reform this week after facing pressure in the wake of a deadly shooting at a South Florida high school.

He suggested in a tweet Thursday that his administration would push for stricter background checks for gun purchases, and would seek to raise the age to buy guns.

But he also voiced support for a plan to implement concealed carry for highly trained teachers, and get rid of gun-free zones around schools.

Schumer's second statement on Thursday did not follow any further comments from Trump.

In another tweet on Thursday, Trump defended the NRA, which has faced intense scrutiny in recent days, calling the organization's leaders are "Great People and Great American Patriots."

Man, for someone who briefly claimed that one time he'd self-fund his campaign so he wouldn't be beholden to special interests, the NRA are sure making Trump look like their bitch. He's "all in" now, Great People and Great American Patriots, all capitalized. Man, it'd be such irony if these Great American Patriots took Russian money.

[lockedout]

Well there goes all the hardwork out the window.

And yeah Trump is working with the NRA now, so no more Gun Control only security.

NRA's answer to all our problems? More guns.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...lt-weapons-ban
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?utm_term=.137cff125960

Why the fuck would you ban AR's?
What is that supposed to do?

[Edge-]

Why the fuck would you ban AR's?
What is that supposed to do?

Lower the number of people who use assault style weapons to kill others.

I mean...it seems pretty fucking obvious, no?

[mvaliz]

But we were talking! How could this have happened!? Did the talking not work? The orange man sat down and listened to people and told them "Circled number 5 I hear you" after it all. Did he really not pay attention to them?

I'm shocked. Really - here's my shocked face =l

[Breccia]

Did the talking not work?

(glances at paper)

I hear you.

[draynay]

Why the fuck would you ban AR's?
What is that supposed to do?

Weaken the militia so the commies can take over.

[Dontrike]

Why the fuck would you ban AR's?
What is that supposed to do?

Let more bullets be shared by less guns, it's the socialism of the armory.

[lockedout]

Lower the number of people who use assault style weapons to kill others.

I mean...it seems pretty fucking obvious, no?

Knee jerk reaction which will do nothing. You understand there are many firearms almost identical to an AR? Or is this just one step towards banning all firearms?