{"id":1405,"date":"2013-05-29T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/05\/unrepresentative-how-the-nra-and-planned-parenthood-failed-recent-tests.html"},"modified":"2013-05-29T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T12:45:00","slug":"unrepresentative-how-the-nra-and-planned-parenthood-failed-recent-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/05\/unrepresentative-how-the-nra-and-planned-parenthood-failed-recent-tests.html","title":{"rendered":"Unrepresentative: How the NRA and Planned Parenthood Failed Recent Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
The donor rolls of the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood do not share many of the same names. But these organizations\u2019 responses to the events of recent months\u2014especially the Sandy Hook shooting and the trial of Kermit Gosnell\u2014have demonstrated that they do share a troubling characteristic. Both reject reasonable limitations on the particular liberty for which they advocate. In so doing, they disregard the well-regulated liberties that vast majorities of our country desire.<\/span><\/div>\n
Polling statistics show that American citizens overwhelmingly support modest limitations on the rights to gun ownership and abortion. These lobbies thus distort our civic discourse about fundamental rights and responsibilities. They draw inaccurate caricatures of what is, in fact, an informed and reasonable body politic.<\/span><\/div>\n
Gun rights and abortion rights have both been recently brought to public attention by tragedy. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, coverage shows that most citizens support some form of legislation to regulate gun safety.\u00a0Polls<\/a>\u00a0showed a response rate of up to 90 percent in favor of new regulations. But even with 55 senators in support, the \u201cgun bill\u201d did not pass. And the NRA\u2019s main response was to offer to spearhead gun safety education across the country. Meanwhile, activists have used\u00a0undercover videos<\/a>to show how easy it is to exploit loopholes in existing laws. \u201cYou\u2019re not a felon\u00a0this<\/i>\u00a0week. Next week\u2026,\u201d says one gun show dealer, with a laugh.<\/span><\/div>\n
Reaction to the trial of Kermit Gosnell has followed a similar pattern. Citizens are horrified by the report of the grand jury, and\u00a0polls<\/a>\u00a0consistently show low support for the right to abortion in the second (approx. 27 percent) and third (approx. 14 percent) trimesters. On the question of illegally killing infants born alive, pollsters don\u2019t even bother to ask.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The donor rolls of the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood do not share many of the same names. But these organizations\u2019 responses to the events of recent months\u2014especially the Sandy Hook shooting and the trial of Kermit Gosnell\u2014have demonstrated that they do share a troubling characteristic. Both reject reasonable limitations on the particular liberty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nUnrepresentative: How the NRA and Planned Parenthood Failed Recent Tests<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The donor rolls of the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood do not share many of the same names. 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