Excitement Over HR 8 Hints At Gun Control Groups’ Real Motivation

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The purpose of gun control groups isn’t really gun control.

I do understand that anti-gunners keep pushing for gun control, but that’s not really what most of them are about, not really. They’re about something very different. You can tell based on how gun control groups reacted to the passage of two gun control bills in the House last week.

The proposed universal background check bill and “closing the Charleston Loophole” proposal are the most significant emergence of gun control legislation in congress in a generation, sparking jubilation among gun control advocates.

Kris Brown, president of Brady — the gun control group formerly known as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence — called the House vote “a monumental step forward for gun violence prevention in our country.”

“On to the Senate!” she said.

Brown seems excited, doesn’t she? Especially since anyone with two brain cells left knows that the Senate isn’t passing a damn thing. So why is she so excited?

Oh, that’s easy. It’s about money.

What’s going to happen is that Brown and her organization are going to start hitting up potential donors. They’re going to tout this great victory and use it to try and motivate donors …Read the Rest

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