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Some of these other justifications hold more water, but the Amir Locke shooting is further evidence of how high-risk these kinds of tactics are for everyone involved.
I don't discount the danger involved in apprehending murder suspects (Amir Locke was not a suspect and did not have a criminal record), but justifying an escalation of tactics because the home you're raiding may have an AR-15 inside seems like it has wide-ranging consequences.
It's not terribly surprising Beto flip flopped on gun confiscation now that he's running for governor of Texas. But the way he went about it was certainly bizarre. thereload.com/analysis-betos…
I mean, @AdamSerwer and I predicted this reversal back in October. But Beto started off his campaign by doubling down. Now he's reversing himself? What were they thinking? Will anyone buy it? thereload.com/analysis-betos…
“It’s a question of whether Texas voters believe his walk back. Whether they prioritize other issues besides that," @AdamSerwer told me in October. "Maybe they don’t believe him but prefer him to Abbott anyway." thereload.com/analysis-betos…
What's really weird about these new comments are that Beto had already doubled down on the idea of confiscating ARs when he launched his campaign in November. He was very clear that he still supported taking ARs and AKs from people. thereload.com/beto-backtrack…
I really don't understand why Beto's campaign took so long to make this extremely obvious calculation. Even the gun-control groups weren't jumping in to back his confiscation comments, especially since they undercut much of the public messaging on gun control.
The president likes to make this claim a lot, but it's false. He went on to falsely claim the gun industry can't be sued at all and is the only industry that enjoys federal liability protection. That's another false claim he makes a lot.
Oh, also, you can still legally own a canon today. They're regulated as destructive devices under the National Firearms Act of 1934, but they're still legal for civilians to own.
Here's the ATF's definition of destructive device under the NFA, which includes artillery: atf.gov/firearms/firea…
Revenue is down primarily because membership dues are down. Fewer people renewed memberships than the NRA expected through August 2021. And the group made less money off new members than it expected too. thereload.com/internal-repor…
The good news? They paid off $14 million in debt and still brought in about a million dollars more than they ended up spending. Of course, this was mainly accomplished by further cutting key services. thereload.com/exclusive-nra-…