Is the NRA the leading terrorist organization on the planet?

[malaise]

Bobby Jindal sure drank their Kool-aid. Said now is not the time to discuss gun control.

When do we discuss kids dying in cars because of heat?

[onehandle]

1. Yes. nt

[Hoyt]

2. Close, and there are lots of sympathizers too cheap to pay dues.

[LonePirate]

3. Not sure about the planet but definitely in the U.S.

[linuxman]

4. Only if you have literally zero understanding of what terrorism is.

If you could make the case that the NRA is somehow sponsoring individuals to kill with the intent of affecting positive (for them) political change, you'd be closer to something credible. What you have now is silly hyperbole.

[Positrons]

7. +1

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. Exactly.

But this thread's entertainment value is through the roof...

[hack89]

5. And people wonder why gun control is a smoking wreck in America.

[aikoaiko]

6. Yes, if the word terrorism doesn't mean what it usually does.

[malaise]

8. It is what it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027005083

[aikoaiko]

10. Yes, it is, and it is not what it is not.

[KG]

9. domestic.

[el_bryanto]

11. No. While their actions lead to deaths, deaths aren't the point to the organization

They aren't killing people to make a political point, they are letting people die to protect what they believe to be their freedom.

Bryant

[elias49]

12. This is America. It's more about money, I think,

than 'freedom'.

[malaise]

14. No - the profits of gun manufacturers

That is their sole purpose.
Guns are manufactured to maim, injure and kill. Their lying propaganda makes ISIS look like rank amateurs.

[el_bryanto]

15. OK -

1. While the leadership might well be dedicated to protecting the profits of Gun Manufacturers, the rank and file probably feel differently.

2. The terror that these guns inflict is not directed towards political end; the gun manufacturers aren't killing people or hoping that their guns are used to kill innocents wantonly. It is a side effect of it; but it isn't the point to it. ISIS on the other hand, when they set up a bomb or stage an attack, are trying to kill people in order to effect political change.

3. Many Americans aren't afraid of widespread gun ownership; I'm sorry, but that's self evidently true. I'm uncomfortable with it personally (I don't own any guns myself), but they don't find private ownership of guns terrorizing.

Bryant

[libodem]

13. Yep

It is.

[Adrahil]

17. Nah, that honor goes to the tobacco companies...

... but only if you change the definition of terrorism.

[B_Mann]

18. Pretty much

and unfortunately, pretty effective.