Gun violence 11/6/2019

6, November 2019                                   Gun violence

According to filmmaker, Michael Moore, 78 percent of Americans do not own guns yet the NRA and their financial backers continue to subvert the will of the people. What is perplexing is how the NRA, which is mired in financial fraud, continues to have a chokehold on lawmakers and continues to enjoy tax exempt status. After an 18-month investigation, the Senate Finance Committee concluded the NRA served as an asset for Russia in the run-up to the 2016 election. Its Russian assets included former Moscow official Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina who served sentences for conspiring to act as foreign agents to infiltrate the NRA and the National Prayer Breakfast. The Senate investigation also displays a damning level of executive-suite involvement.  It is common knowledge that President Trump has close ties with NRA CEO, Wayne LaPierre.  LaPierre offered his support to Trump as he battles impeachment in Ukrainegate. This sounds like another quid-pro-quo – keep the Senate investigation at bay in exchange for NRA financial support. The NRA has also extended its quid-pro-quo activities donating millions of dollars to silence Republican and Democratic lawmakers. Its profits are stained with the blood of tens of thousands of Americans including many children who had the misfortune of being born in the USA where profits triumph human life.