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It happened with a journalist on a gun magazine as well. Lifelong second amendment supporter blacklisted for not spewing exactly the party line. This makes me w
by mcny 7y ago
It happened with a journalist on a gun magazine as well. Lifelong second amendment supporter blacklisted for not spewing exactly the party line. This makes me wonder whether the whole right to bear arms things is AstroTurf at this point.
- shadowgovt 7y agoDo you have more information on this?
- mcny 7y agoEdit: his name is Dick Metcalf https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/business/media/banished-for-questioning-the-gospel-of-guns.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/business/media/banished-f... https://archive.fo/v5b1x https://archive.fo/v5b1x (use this link)
- gowld 7y agoThe NRA has clearly converted to an arm Republican Party. The GOA competes with the NRA because they find the NRA more pro-Republican than pro-gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Owners_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Owners_of_America I'm not sure if there is a gun organization that promotes more nuanced theory of partially-limited gun rights but not just shilling for a party.
- abawany 7y agoBusinesses too: there has been massive hatred directed at Dick's Sporting Goods when it changed its arms sales mix in response to a large shooting last year [1]. Gun makers such as Springfield took heat for trying for stepping even a smidgen out of line [2] resulting in an abrupt volte-face. [1] https://www.racked.com/2018/5/10/17339690/dicks-sporting-goods-gun-control-debate https://www.racked.com/2018/5/10/17339690/dicks-sporting-goo... [2] https://gunstoday.com/why-is-everyone-boycotting-springfield-armory/ https://gunstoday.com/why-is-everyone-boycotting-springfield...