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The gay rights movement could take on the NRA and actually win
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But this time, things might be different. Not because of the record number of people killed in Orlando or because this heinous act was a terrorist attack, a hate crime and a mass shooting. It’s because the victims were part of a social movement with deep organizational infrastructure and political know-how largely unmatched within the gun-control movement. It’s because the attack targeted gays, and their community is organized. |
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If you have read the news, interest in guns within the gay community is skyrocketing in the wake of the massacre. They're not taking on the NRA so much as joining it.
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