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The NRA is now fighting on the side of convicted stalkers and domestic abusers for their right to own guns. Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

Courtesy of HuffPo:

The National Rifle Association is fighting proposed federal legislation that would prohibit those convicted of stalking and of domestic violence against dating partners from buying guns, according to a letter obtained by The Huffington Post.

Federal law already bars persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from purchasing firearms. S. 1290, introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would add convicted stalkers to that group of offenders and would expand the current definition of those convicted of domestic violence against "intimate partners" to include those who harmed dating partners.

Aides from two different senators' offices confirm that the NRA sent a letter to lawmakers describing Klobuchar's legislation as "a bill to turn disputes between family members and social acquaintances into lifetime firearm prohibitions." The nation's largest gun lobby wrote that it "strongly opposes" the bill because the measure "manipulates emotionally compelling issues such as 'domestic violence' and 'stalking' simply to cast as wide a net as possible for federal firearm prohibitions."

Yes this is clearly just a case of the liberal wanting to take as many guns away from American patriots as possible, and has NOTHING to do with the fact that the majority of gun deaths in the country are from accidental shootings and incidences of domestic violence.

The NRA letter goes on to suggest that this legislation could be used in a situation where two gay men got into a "shoving match" and that resulted in one, or both of them, having their 2nd Amendment rights suspended.

Which of course is funny in that I seriously doubt the NRA gives a shit about protecting the rights of the LGBT community who do not fit very comfortably inside their targeted demographic, and is of course a ridiculous argument as this legislation is focused on those CONVICTED of domestic violence and a shoving match hardly qualifies.

The letter also suggests that taking the rights away from convicted stalkers is unfair because "'Stalking' offenses do not necessarily include violent or even threatening behavior."

Once again it must be remembered that this is somebody who was CONVICTED of stalking somebody, and one must assume that if somebody continues such an activity after being convicted for it that they are undoubtedly in an unstable mental state, which should preclude them from owning a firearm in the first place.

This whole thing drives me crazy. It is as if the right to own a gun supersedes EVERY other single right, and must be given priority over the rights of every person who may be placed in danger by another person's right to own that weapon.

People with mental health issues, violent tendencies, and obsessive personalities should be the LAST people to be allowed access to guns, and yet in their single minded focus on saturating the country with deadly weapons the NRA is completely unwilling to see the insanity of their point of view.

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