Politicians bought and paid for?

[JMB1911A1]

So, Giffords is going to spend $15 MILLION to support Kamala and the party of gun control. They are out spending the NRA and NSSF by a wide margin.

I wonder if any resident gun prohibitionists will complain about politicians being bought and paid for by Giffords? Who am I kidding. Of course not.

Plus, Gabbie’s hubby Mark Kelly is being proposed as a possible Kamala VP pick. Seems a bit of a quid-pro-quo is going on based on this $15 million contribution.

Giffords group commits $15 million to boost Kamala Harris and gun safety candidates

First to NBC News: The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Gun Control Groups Outspending Pro-2A Groups This Time Around

How many times have you seen a pro-gun lawmaker described as being

bearingarms.com

 

[Phys251]

So, Giffords is going to spend $15 MILLION to support Kamala and the party of gun control. They are out spending the NRA and NSSF by a wide margin.

I wonder if any resident gun prohibitionists will complain about politicians being bought and paid for by Giffords? Who am I kidding. Of course not.

Plus, Gabbie’s hubby Mark Kelly is being proposed as a possible Kamala VP pick. Seems a bit of a quid-pro-quo is going on based on this $15 million contribution.

Giffords group commits $15 million to boost Kamala Harris and gun safety candidates

First to NBC News: The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Gun Control Groups Outspending Pro-2A Groups This Time Around

How many times have you seen a pro-gun lawmaker described as being

bearingarms.com

So? We live in the era of Citizens United. Funding for causes is the norm now.

 

[RF667799]

So, Giffords is going to spend $15 MILLION to support Kamala and the party of gun control. They are out spending the NRA and NSSF by a wide margin.

I wonder if any resident gun prohibitionists will complain about politicians being bought and paid for by Giffords? Who am I kidding. Of course not.

Plus, Gabbie’s hubby Mark Kelly is being proposed as a possible Kamala VP pick. Seems a bit of a quid-pro-quo is going on based on this $15 million contribution.

Giffords group commits $15 million to boost Kamala Harris and gun safety candidates

First to NBC News: The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Gun Control Groups Outspending Pro-2A Groups This Time Around

How many times have you seen a pro-gun lawmaker described as being

bearingarms.com

The Gun Control Industry.

 

[JMB1911A1]

So? We live in the era of Citizens United. Funding for causes is the norm now.

True. I am just waiting for those that condemn the NRA and NSSF to chime in that this is OK.

 

[ttwtt78640]

So, Giffords is going to spend $15 MILLION to support Kamala and the party of gun control. They are out spending the NRA and NSSF by a wide margin.

I wonder if any resident gun prohibitionists will complain about politicians being bought and paid for by Giffords? Who am I kidding. Of course not.

Plus, Gabbie’s hubby Mark Kelly is being proposed as a possible Kamala VP pick. Seems a bit of a quid-pro-quo is going on based on this $15 million contribution.

Giffords group commits $15 million to boost Kamala Harris and gun safety candidates

First to NBC News: The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Gun Control Groups Outspending Pro-2A Groups This Time Around

How many times have you seen a pro-gun lawmaker described as being

bearingarms.com

That (bolded above) is rarely seen as a problem unless the financial support is for the ‘wrong’ candidate or policy position.

 

[tshade]

So, Giffords is going to spend $15 MILLION to support Kamala and the party of gun control. They are out spending the NRA and NSSF by a wide margin.

I wonder if any resident gun prohibitionists will complain about politicians being bought and paid for by Giffords? Who am I kidding. Of course not.

Plus, Gabbie’s hubby Mark Kelly is being proposed as a possible Kamala VP pick. Seems a bit of a quid-pro-quo is going on based on this $15 million contribution.

Giffords group commits $15 million to boost Kamala Harris and gun safety candidates

First to NBC News: The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Gun Control Groups Outspending Pro-2A Groups This Time Around

How many times have you seen a pro-gun lawmaker described as being

bearingarms.com

Does money influence YOUR vote????? Not mine.

 

[noonereal]

So, Giffords is going to spend $15 MILLION to support Kamala and the party of gun control. They are out spending the NRA and NSSF by a wide margin.

I wonder if any resident gun prohibitionists will complain about politicians being bought and paid for by Giffords? Who am I kidding. Of course not.

Plus, Gabbie’s hubby Mark Kelly is being proposed as a possible Kamala VP pick. Seems a bit of a quid-pro-quo is going on based on this $15 million contribution.

Giffords group commits $15 million to boost Kamala Harris and gun safety candidates

First to NBC News: The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Gun Control Groups Outspending Pro-2A Groups This Time Around

How many times have you seen a pro-gun lawmaker described as being

bearingarms.com

Do you have a point here? For 50 years the NRA has been the most powerful lobby group on the hill. Even more so than the farmers.

 

[JMB1911A1]

Does money influence YOUR vote????? Not mine.

So ads don’t influence your vote? Guess you are immune to the advertising industry.

 

[JMB1911A1]

Do you have a point here? For 50 years the NRA has been the most powerful lobby group on the hill. Even more so than the farmers.

Actually, the NRA was never the most powerful lobby group on the hill. That is just gun control propaganda.

My point is whether the folks who condemn pro-2A politicians as “bought and paid for by the NRA” will condemn this action by the other side. I doubt they will since Giffords supports the gun prohibitionist position.

 

[noonereal]

Actually, the NRA was never the most powerful lobby group on the hill. That is just gun control propaganda.

My point is whether the folks who condemn pro-2A politicians as “bought and paid for by the NRA” will condemn this action by the other side. I doubt they will since Giffords supports the gun prohibitionist position.

Rotflmao!

Let me guess, you watch Fox and think it is news. Rotflmao

 

[JMB1911A1]

Rotflmao!

Let me guess, you watch Fox and think it is news. Rotflmao

Facts.

Top Spenders

US Chamber of Commerce topped the list of lobbying clients in 2025, spending $39,590,000. See the top 20 clients.

www.opensecrets.org

NRA not even in top 50.

Lobbying’s top 50: Who’s spending big

Fifty companies and industry groups shelled out more than $716 million to lobby the federal government and Congress last year, according to data provided to The Hill by the Center for Responsive Po…

thehill.com

Let go of your hatred for personal freedom and stop watching MSNBC and reading Daily Kos.

 

[noonereal]

Lobbying’s top 50: Who’s spending big

Fifty companies and industry groups shelled out more than $716 million to lobby the federal government and Congress last year, according to data provided to The Hill by the Center for Responsive Po…

thehill.com

Lol, right on top. NRA. From your link.
Too funny. Too funny

 

[Slartibartfast]

True. I am just waiting for those that condemn the NRA and NSSF to chime in that this is OK.

I give them condemnation because they don't support changes that would reduce the number of school shootings.

 

[JMB1911A1]

Lol, right on top. NRA. From your link.
Too funny. Too funny

Where? Do you mean the National Association of Realtors? Here is the actual page.

 

[JMB1911A1]

I give them condemnation because they don't support changes that would reduce the number of school shootings.

Like armed security staff?
Allowing every teacher who wants to (not required to) and completes training to carry?

Actual effective regulation like that?

 

[Slartibartfast]

Like armed security staff?
Allowing every teacher who wants to (not required to) and completes training to carry?

Actual effective regulation like that?

Like sensible gun control.

We don't need children being traumatized by their school's being an armed camp.

 

[noonereal]

Where? Do you mean the National Association of Realtors? Here is the actual page.

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Check your other link. The one with a date.
The NRA has fallen on hard times recently, thank God.

 

[JMB1911A1]

Like sensible gun control.

Please define what you mean by”sensible” gun control.

We don't need children being traumatized by their school's being an armed camp.

1) Concealed carry means the students don’t know who is carrying.
2) Don’t you want our children protected as well as our politicians.
3) What is more traumatizing? See an armed guard or being shot?

 

[JMB1911A1]

Check your other link. The one with a date.
The NRA has fallen on hard times recently, thank God.

Still don’t see the NRA on that list. Seems to contradict your statement.

Do you have a point here? For 50 years the NRA has been the most powerful lobby group on the hill. Even more so than the farmers.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Please define what you mean by”sensible” gun control.

The proposals here: https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/ (See links on bottom of page).

1) Concealed carry means the students don’t know who is carrying.
2) Don’t you want our children protected as well as our politicians.
3) What is more traumatizing? See an armed guard or being shot?

You are asking the wrong question with #3. The correct question is why kids aren't safe due to so many guns in the environment?

 

[noonereal]

Still don’t see the NRA on that list. Seems to contradict your statement.

Lol
Look again

 

[JMB1911A1]

The proposals here: https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/ (See links on bottom of page).

Not one of those will stop a crazy person from shooting up a school. All those do is infringe on the rights of Americans.

You are asking the wrong question with #3. The correct question is why kids aren't safe.

What aren’t kids safe? Because people refuse to protect them at least as well as our politicians.

Since FL implemented the school Guardian program in the wake of the Parkland shooting, 43 of 67 counties have implemented armed school guardians. Not one of those schools has had a mass shooting event.

Impact Check: Examining Florida’s controversial school guardian program

Five years after the deadly high school in Parkland, Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone examines the impact of Florida’s controversial school guardian program.

www.abcactionnews.com

 

[RF667799]

Lol
Look again or read about it here.
"The five biggest spenders in lobbying last year, in descending order, were the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Realtors, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the American Hospital Association and the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America."

Weird. Just weird.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Not one of those will stop a crazy person from shooting up a school. All those do is infringe on the rights of Americans.

What aren’t kids safe? Because people refuse to protect them at least as well as our politicians.

Obviously it will, we know that due to rates in other countries. You are just knowingly lying and letting kids die because you like guns.

Since FL implemented the school Guardian program in the wake of the Parkland shooting, 43 of 67 counties have implemented armed school guardians. Not one of those schools has had a mass shooting event.

Impact Check: Examining Florida’s controversial school guardian program

Five years after the deadly high school in Parkland, Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone examines the impact of Florida’s controversial school guardian program.

www.abcactionnews.com

If armed people are needed AT ALL in the environment, then they are not safe. That is one of the basic criteria for safety is having such an environment where guns are not necessary, even defensively.

 

[JMB1911A1]

Lol
Look again or read about it here.
"The five biggest spenders in lobbying last year, in descending order, were the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Realtors, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the American Hospital Association and the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America."

Your quote.

1. U.S. Chamber of Commerce
2. National Association of Realtors
3. Blue Cross Blue Shield
4. American Hospital Association
5. Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

Are you confusing the NAR (National Association of Realtors) with the National Rifle Association (NRA)?