Leslie Nope: NRA under fire for Parks and Rec gif

vostok

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) is under fire after tweeting a gif from US TV show Parks and Recreation.

In a post thanking spokeswoman Dana Loesch "for being the voice of over 5 million NRA members",
the gun rights advocates included a gif of main character Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler.

The show's co-creator, writer Michael Schur, responded by asking the NRA to remove the post.

His comments have been widely shared.


"Please take this down," Mr Schur wrote.

"I would prefer you not use a gif from a show I worked on to promote your pro-slaughter agenda."

Ms Poehler, who featured in the gif, does not have a Twitter account.
But Mr Schur said she had asked him to pass on some choice, sweary remarks.



Mr Schur's comments have attracted close to 30,000 retweets and more than 100,000 likes.

Cast members including Adam Scott and Nick Offerman were similarly critical.


Some social media users leapt to the NRA's defence.

"So do you see every firearm owner as pro-slaughter?" asked one.

"It would seem that everyone on the left is depicting, not just the NRA, but firearms owners
in general as heartless killers.
I find it hard to achieve common ground if we're seen as beneath you."

Since the death of 17 people during a shooting in a Florida school
last week the debate between proponents of gun control legislation and advocates
of gun rights has been played out increasingly visibly on social media.

NRA executive director Wayne LaPierre's first public statement since the shooting
has seen him name trending worldwide, mentioned on more than 70,000
occasions in a matter of hours.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43157663)
 

gonnagro

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Well I kinda get it, I wouldn't want to be a celebrity and part of this hot topic either. This debate could damage careers.
 

Fogdog

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Well I kinda get it, I wouldn't want to be a celebrity and part of this hot topic either. This debate could damage careers.
Oh, hi

It being that you are the only cogent poster here, I wonder if you could tell me if this is fake news?

Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses
by ALI VITALI

President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.

The rule, which was finalized in December, added people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database.

Had the rule fully taken effect, the Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75,000 names to that database.

President Barack Obama recommended the now-nullified regulation in a 2013 memo following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 first graders and six others dead. The measure sought to block some people with severe mental health problems from buying guns.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221
 

JCS57

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One of the networks has been requesting the White House to release the picture taken of Dumpster signing the order rescinding Obama’s order. But alas they just don’t want that photo on or in every Democratic campaign ad.
 
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