Oh. My. God.
For real, NRA? First of all, to try and thrust the children of President Obama into the gun control argument is so wrong on so many levels.
The children of both democrat AND republican presidents have always had secret service protection. It doesn't make President Obama an elitist hypocrite. It's a required perk (if you can call it that) that goes with the job, so to politicize it is just so stupid.
Besides, no reasonable person, with or without children, believes that armed guards standing outside every school in the country, as you have suggested should happen, is a good idea at all. Putting more guns out there to fight gun violence does not solve the problem.
You know what would solve the problem? Taking away from the NRA it's 501 (c) (4) tax exempt status. The NRA had an income of over $225 million, according to it's 2010 tax return. If they're raising that much money and trying to influence government and policy, then they can pay their fair share in taxes, which could be used for national firearm education, healthcare to individuals injured by gun violence, mental healthcare, etc.
Okay, maybe it wouldn't solve the problem, but it's a nice start. In fact, it's time to repeal tax-exempt status on all lobbying groups. The NRA can try to say it's an organization that promotes gun safety and education, but really it's nothing more than a bunch of grumpy old white men hell-bent on protection gun and ammunition manufacturers.
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