Thursday, August 29, 2013 7:23:27 PM
Why It’s Easier To Buy An Assault Weapon Than To Vote, In One Graphic
By Igor Volsky and Adam Peck on August 29, 2013 at 1:40 pm
On Wednesday, in a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, President Bill Clinton connected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I have a dream” speech to the struggles still facing the nation, arguing that the U.S. must strengthen its gun laws to achieve King’s vision of nonviolence.
“A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon,” Clinton proclaimed. [ http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/28/2544941/bill-clinton-calls-on-the-nation-to-advance-kings-dream/ ]
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In April, Republican senators — many of whom support strict identification requirements at the polls — helped vote down a proposal that would have significantly expanded the screenings for gun purchases.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/29/2550851/guns/
By Igor Volsky and Adam Peck on August 29, 2013 at 1:40 pm
On Wednesday, in a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, President Bill Clinton connected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I have a dream” speech to the struggles still facing the nation, arguing that the U.S. must strengthen its gun laws to achieve King’s vision of nonviolence.
“A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon,” Clinton proclaimed. [ http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/28/2544941/bill-clinton-calls-on-the-nation-to-advance-kings-dream/ ]
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In April, Republican senators — many of whom support strict identification requirements at the polls — helped vote down a proposal that would have significantly expanded the screenings for gun purchases.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/29/2550851/guns/
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