Deborah Parker, of Arizona, was so enraged by the Train SMART launch she resigned her position leading a local survivor group. Her daughter, Lindsay, 19, was shot and killed in 2006.
“I heard about the program on Facebook. It felt like a kick in the teeth,” Parker said. “All of these years working on expanded background checks and how we know having a gun in the home won’t make you safer… this doesn’t make any sense.”
Parker said she thought Everytown was wasting precious resources on “reinventing the wheel” on training when they could simply link out to politically neutral gun training programs that already exist.
I don't think Parker really understands Everytown's strategy here. The group isn't trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to firearms training. They're looking for another avenue to expand their anti-gun activism.
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Deborah Parker, of Arizona, was so enraged by the Train SMART launch she resigned her position leading a local survivor group. Her daughter, Lindsay, 19, was shot and killed in 2006.
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“I heard about the program on Facebook. It felt like a kick in the teeth,” Parker said. “All of these years working on expanded background checks and how we know having a gun in the home won’t make you safer… this doesn’t make any sense.”
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Parker said she thought Everytown was wasting precious resources on “reinventing the wheel” on training when they could simply link out to politically neutral gun training programs that already exist.
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I don't think Parker really understands Everytown's strategy here. The group isn't trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to firearms training. They're looking for another avenue to expand their anti-gun activism.
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