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Dana Loesch
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Senator once again reintroduces (Harry Reid nixed the last one) a ban on black semi-automatic rifles with cosmetic features that do absolutely nothing to enhance rate of fire and account for around 2% of gun homicides. The previous AWB was a failure: nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sun…
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The assault weapons ban was a complete and total failure that did absolutely nothing to reduce crime:

latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/…

nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sun…

Vast majority of homicides are done with illegally possessed handguns:
ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u…
Majority of illegally possessed firearms are illegally possessed politifact.com/new-york/state…
and illegally obtained
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…
Current gun homicide rate is historically low and remains so
vox.com/2015/10/1/1800…
pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun…
medium.com/handwaving-fre…
Spikes are driven by areas terrorized by repeat offenders, drug activity, and gangs:
crimeresearch.org/2017/04/number…
Using a made up term to conflate select fire capable rifles with regular, common use semi-auto rifles is not just disingenuous, it’s an irresponsible lie that purposefully overlooks the drivers of crime plus actual gun homicide numbers.
By playing this game, politicians make it look like they’re doing something to help but really, they’re just giving themselves a pass to do any actual work that would truly reduce illegal use and possession of firearms and reduce gun homicides.
That the prev AWB was a total failure & had 0 effect on crime (save your keystrokes, both sides already agreed, including frmr Clinton staffer Stephanopoulos who did so to me himself) hasn’t deterred them from wanting to repeat the exact same thing is sad.
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The hazard of targeting and then pulling your illegally possessed gun a woman as she waits alone for the bus is that you may get shot. Stop shaming women who defend themselves. Women have every right to consider their safety first before that of the person ATTACKING THEM.
The idea that women should not defend themselves and instead attend first to the wellbeing of their attacker is some of the sickest BS ever. What a mind job.
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This is how @esquire and @jackholmes0 chose to frame my discussion last night on the MSD Commission report. The article failed to mention we were literally citing individual recommendations from the report (made by security and LEOs). They framed it as these are MY suggestions.
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