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In the association in it s hidden. i m in the association of marijuana violence. when you see these unfortunate incidences, the unthinkable mass shooting in texas, i look to see if marijuana is involved. i find often that the newspapers, the media hide it when it really is a major factor. and if we re if we re if we re as a country interested in solving the gun violence problem, i don t think i think we re going to have to look under the rock and look at the role of drugs, particularly marijuana, in causing the violence, particularly the mass violence. laura: dr. voss, the push to legalize marijuana is pronounced. huge lobbying efforts, ....
Scheduled prior to the tragic events of uvalde. and it happened coincidentally to be in houston. but what s not a coincidence is a power of the lobbying efforts of the nra and the firearm industry. what is your reaction to the stance that they have taken consistently over time, and what can be done about it? well, my reaction is, as i detail in my book, i spent much of my career fighting against the nra from the inside. i think that the stance that the nra has taken after every mass shooting, instead of being a part of the solution, they have decided to be a part of the problem. and in so doing, it created a politics that has divided our country. and i m of the opinion that much, if not all, of the political division and ranker and chasm. the nra has decided to say not ....
Tomorrow and for the next few days is that we just need more security around an elementary school. we need more police officers to try and engage the shooters, if and when they show up. i can tell you what in the online environment, you can go right now. there are going to be people championing the sick individual today. there will be people out there championing it, buying ar-15s online, buying weapons online, and that are picking their targets. this is an untenable situation in america. we cannot let it continue anymore. matthew, i appreciate what you are saying about taken our broken hearts and turning them into political anger. but i want to get real. because we have got all sorts of gun comments. we have every town. we have moms demanding. think about the mike bloomberg money going up against this. it does not seem to change things. what we really need to look at, it s the massive lobbying efforts, the dark money, the money that supports republicans ....
Talking point. yesterday the house passed the funding bill. democrats voted 219 to zero to vote it. republicans voted 192 to 12 against it. how can a republican party that s so adamant that the government should enforce all pregnancy for births only manage to produce 12 republican votes to save those baby s lives. what is almost as troubling is what is causing the baby formula shortage in the first place. four companies have a monopoly. these companies are so massive and have such tremendous lobbying efforts that they have ensured that our tariff and regulatory system makes it almost impossible for infant formula from overseas to come into the market even when they are completely safe. that s what keeps their monopoly ....
Noerr-Pennington doctrine applies to product liability suits. Hamilton v. AccuTek, the court granted judgment for gun manufacturers for product liability and fraud claims in part because the manufacturers’ attempts to influence federal policies were lawful lobbying attempts. ....