Representative Ellmers: Stop Taking Funds from the NRA

The mass shootings in Tucson, Aurora, and Newtown have prompted the American public to consider new legislation that will reduce the likelihood of these tragedies. However, the NRA has consistently stood in the way of common-sense regulations, often by pressuring the government to avoid taking a closer look at the real factors that are contributing to the national problem of gun violence. The group has also poisoned the debate about public safety, even to the point that they featured President Obama's children in an inflammatory TV advertisement. Given the urgency of solving the issue of gun violence, this violent and threatening rhetoric must be stopped.