This post for members was written by Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communication and History at American University and a former political speechwriter.
Imagine the vitriol the National Rifle Association and its Republican acolytes would direct at a politician who endorses “reasonable regulation” such as a “waiting period between purchase and delivery,” recordkeeping requirements for “manufacturers, importers, dealers and pawnbrokers,” laws that “control all machine guns and destructive devices,” and the enforcement of “reasonable conditions” for those “wishing to carry a concealed firearm.
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