MSNBC Blames Lack of Campaign Finance Reform on Los Angeles Airport Shooting

‘One way we may address this is through campaign finance reform’

PETERSON: "I agree with Heather completely here that some of, if you're concerned about the over-influence or the potential for groups like the NRA to intervene in our policy processes and our elections in ways that seem unfair, that gets back to campaign finance reform, that gets back to things like Citizens' United. And honestly, remember, the NRA is less about the Second Amendment and more about gun manufacturers. It's really driven by people who sell guns to other people, and if you think about that, that's where it gets really sick. So I agree, at the state level, one way we may address this is through campaign finance reform, which is to say we could limit the ways in which groups like the NRA can essentially control our electoral system. They're controlling our electoral system around usually one issue. And that's sort of an abusive way of thinking about the Second Amendment. So there's a lot of ways of skinning this apple. It's about health care. It's about campaign finance reform. It's about understanding the role and the power of the NRA in terms of legislation. And we have to fight the battle on all fronts. And although we might be getting exhausted around these things in the media, I think Heather is also right that we should take each of these opportunities to readdress the ways in which we can handle the situation from a real holistic perspective."

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