As we told you on Thursday, pollster Frank Luntz suggested that people start using “gun safety” rather than “gun control” while talking about . . . different proposals to control what guns American buy:
Frank Luntz suggests changing ‘gun control’ to this term that ‘everyone can agree on’ https://t.co/B9xLyfp7nr
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 26, 2022
Use the “words that work,” he says:
Pro Tip: Call it “gun safety” instead of “gun control.”
“Gun control” makes it irreversibly political. “Gun safety” is something everyone can agree on. #WordsThatWork
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 26, 2022
And just like that, White House staff secretary Neera Tanden, who reports directly to chief of staff Ron Klain, started using “gun safety” today:
Saying nothing will change helps ensure nothing will change. Never take the pressure off the GOP to pass gun safety laws. The difference of living with this insanity and not is just a matter of whether they will act. Or enough of them.
— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) May 27, 2022
Frank Luntz getting results!
You can tell someone listened to @FrankLuntz. https://t.co/eBS5M0uy0m
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) May 27, 2022
She could have waited a day to make it look a little better, no?
The media told them all to start using "gun safety" terminology and they did it overnight. What a fun feedback loop. https://t.co/fwWiaByznC
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 27, 2022
We’re not buying it, however. We *know* that “gun safety” actually means, they’re coming for the guns:
"Gun safety" = Gun confiscation https://t.co/MkPzdzTC1t
— Max+ (@MaxNordau) May 27, 2022
And how do we know this? Well, for starters, it’s what they’re saying. For example, here’s AFT President Randi Weingarten calling for “common sense gun violence prevention laws”:
To #EndGunViolenceNow, we need to find common ground and pass common sense gun violence prevention laws. The majority of Americans agree! https://t.co/y1UoStkVyb
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) May 27, 2022
Which is really code for taking the guns as Australia did
We already have a blueprint that works. If the UK can do it, if Australia can do it, why not America? https://t.co/mkfgxCQWw9
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) May 27, 2022
“Gun safety”? Yeah, that’s TOTALLY what they mean.
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