The "NEW" NRA

[Steve D]

Short for the "NO RIFLE ASSOCIATION"

http://time.com/5248072/nora-coalition-celebrities-nra/

'The Time Is Now.' This New Coalition of Celebrities and Activists Just Pledged to Take on the NRA

A new coalition of celebrities and activists, including actor Alyssa Milano and Parkland student David Hogg, announced plans Friday to take on the National Rifle Association and elected officials who accept money from the powerful gun advocacy group.

In an open letter to NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, which was first obtained by TIME, the more than 100 members of the newly formed NoRA Initiative — short for No Rifle Association — pledge to reduce the NRA’s influence in American politics through a series of voter registration drives, nationwide art campaigns, demonstrations and boycotts.

NoRA launched its initiative Friday, on the 19th anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School, as students across the country participated in a national school walkout in part to commemorate the 1999 massacre.

NoRA’s members include Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Schumer, Alec Baldwin, Ashley Judd, Julianne Moore, Patton Oswalt, Constance Wu, W. Kamau Bell, Amber Tamblyn, Debra Messing, Minnie Driver, Tarana Burke, as well as several artists, policy experts and survivors of gun violence. They say their goal is expose public servants who have been stymying gun control legislation after taking money from the NRA. NoRA believes it can use grassroots and digital awareness campaigns to help vote those legislators out of office.

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3 hours ago, Steve D said:

They say their goal is expose public servants who have been stymying gun control legislation

I would like to see all the public servants exposed who have been stymieing action to go after the root causes of gun violence like the distribution, sale and use of illegal drugs; the failed welfare system that has encouraged fatherless families; the failed mental health system that is not institutionalizing violent mentally ill people; the failed security measures at soft targets like schools, hospital, etc.; the failed public education system that does not deal harshly with those who disrupt those children who want to learn; lack of support for local ;law enforcement to bolster their ranks to keep control over the criminals; and attacking gangs to make future members not want to join.

You never hear those against gun violence address the above issues, they only cry for more gun control, parade around with signs bearing ignorant slogans and most of all blame the NRA.  Last year and the years before that the NRA kill no one, but the drug dealers have killed thousands yet that fact is kept silent.