[QUOTE=kladner;382904]Popular support is meaningless. Large majorities already support universal background checks, but you'd never know it, looking at the law books.[/QUOTE]
The scenario I would envisage is a major political party (I assume it would have to be the Democrats at the moment) ascertaining that a policy of removing guns from schools by law would have popular support and adopting it to increase their vote in elections.

Are the Democrats so financially dependent on the gun lobby that this is unrealistic?

I really am not sure how the gun extremists such as the NRA, Survivalists, Militias, etc. manage to exert such dominance. It is the same as the outrageous, out-sized political coercion wielded by APAC.

As far as protecting school children goes, consider the following:

[CENTER][B]Another Republican candidate implodes by telling the truth[/B]

[LEFT][QUOTE]"Legitimate rape", "Macaca", "47%", when we catch Republicans saying what they really believe, it's curtains. Tonight, at a local candidate forum, the Republican candidate for Pueblo County Commissioner essentially endorsed the [U]Sandy Hook truther[/U][B]**[/B] position.


Even his Republican cheerleaders, who showed up en masse to support their challenger, turned on him. The boos, gasps, and shouts of shock and contempt came from just about all of the ~200 folks in attendance. There may have been a few people with their tin foil hats in their pockets, but the very vocal outrage seemed unanimous.


The debate was essentially over at that point. The cheerleader applause after each of his answers was distinctly muted. Details below the cloud rising from his vaporized candidacy.
[/QUOTE]**Sandy Hook Truthers:
[QUOTE]The guy's name is Dr. Tom Ready, a dentist, and his Democratic opponent is the incumbent Sal Pace, who's served in various elected positions including the Colorado state legislature.
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I was caught off guard when Pace completely ignored the expensive clean energy attack by stating that the two candidates had agreed to keep it clean before the debate started, but since Ready went there... Pace proceeded to ask him about stuff on Ready's Facebook page dealing with [B][U]Sandy Hook being faked so a gun ban could be passed.[/U][/B] Oh, and Pace pointed out that he has a connection to someone whose kid was murdered in that school shooting.


I expected Ready to deflect this easily with a quick, "Why are you talking about nonsense on Facebook, I asked you about voting to raise rates on low income Puebloans for the sake of "clean energy". Explain that vote."


But no.


[B][U]Ready went for it, and began to claim that there is no proof that Sandy Hook actually happened.[/U][/B] Unbelievable.


That was when the crowd erupted. There for a second I thought they were going to drag him out in the street and tar and feather him like he was a Wall Street banker.

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[URL]http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/heart-milwaukee-girl-shot-head-donated-26781949[/URL]
[QUOTE]Flynn said so far 11 children under the age of 13 have been shot this year in Milwaukee, compared to two last year.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=kladner;382917] It is the same as the outrageous, out-sized political coercion wielded by APAC.[/QUOTE]
Deeply worries me too, the influence of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-PAC"]A-PAC[/URL] (wikipedia)

[QUOTE=tha;387324]Deeply worries me too, the influence of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-PAC"]A-PAC[/URL] (wikipedia)[/QUOTE]

:redface: I noticed that typo too late to correct it.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;372892][URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/us/missoula-montana-homeowner-shoots-teenager-in-garage.html[/URL][/QUOTE][url]http://www.wsls.com/story/27659717/self-defense-fails-in-montanas-man-murder-trial[/url]

What is the true purpose of, and reasoning behind, this strange, widely criticised, film showing a teenage boy stealing his parents' gun, taking it to school in his bag and presenting it to his teacher?

[URL]http://mic.com/articles/107174/this-is-the-most-monumentally-stupid-anti-gun-ad-you-ll-ever-see[/URL]

[QUOTE]The creator has defended herself: "I'm not telling kids to commit felonies. My message is that kids should not have access to guns in their houses. Kids should feel safe and their schools should be safe zones. I made this video for that purpose," Sincic [URL="http://www.vocativ.com/culture/society/gun-violence-psa-director-rejina-sincic/"]told [/URL][I][URL="http://www.vocativ.com/culture/society/gun-violence-psa-director-rejina-sincic/"]Vocativ[/URL].[/I]
[B]There is a more sinister possibility: [/B]Perhaps the video was produced by pro-gun groups to ridicule gun control activists. "I smell a rat here," Coalition to Stop Gun Violence spokesman Ladd Everitt told [I]Vocativ.[/I] "To me, this reeks of something that's been planted. It's shocking how this suddenly went viral on right-wing media when no one in our movement is promoting this video. I'm actively questioning who this woman is. And I'd like to know who paid for this and why."
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The right to arm bairns.
 

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30636326[/url]

[QUOTE=xilman;391267][url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30636326[/url][/QUOTE]
Squeaking in under the wire for this year's Darwin Awards nominations.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;391274]Squeaking in under the wire for this year's Darwin Awards nominations.[/QUOTE]I would fail this entry under self-infliction requirements although in this case perhaps that is too strict of an interpretation.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;391274]Squeaking in under the wire for this year's Darwin Awards nominations.[/QUOTE]

She already had a gaggle of kids. Too late to prevent reproduction.

What a horrible thing for the child to have to bear.