Anyone here a past or current member of the Brady Campaign?

[Kaleva]

http://www.bradycampaign.org/

Or a past or current member of a local Million Mom March Chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence?

http://www.bradycampaign.org/chapters/

[rDigital]

1. ******Crickets****** nt

[Equate]

2. Nobody wants to admit to belonging to failed movements

Didn't I read somewhere that the head of the million mom march was arrested for murder with a gun?

[ToolMaker]

3. Annette Stevens...

President of the Springfield, Ill. Chapter of Million mom march. She was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and possession of drugs.

There was another prominent fun control advocate that was arrested for murdering the young man that allegedly shot her son, if my memory is correct. I do not remember the exact circumstances now.

[Equate]

5. Thank you

I wasn't quite sure.

[friendly_iconoclast]

34. The other MMMer was Barbara Graham

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x28948

[slackmaster]

4. No, but I did go to a local Brady Campaign Meetup in San Diego once

I tried to communicate my side of an issue. The Brady members were polite and seemed to listen, but I got the impression they didn't care about what I was trying to say.

They work against my interests. (As a collector with a significant investment in firearms, any proposal to ban, tax, or require recurring license fees for anything I own threatens my retirement savings.)

[Starboard Tack]

6. No wonder they are failing. What charlatans.

I thought they were advocating gun restrictions and now I find out they are really trying to fuck up your retirement savings.
You should cyber-stalk them and place bots in their CPUs to alert you when they approach your stash.

[rl6214]

7. You are a member of course, right?

[Starboard Tack]

11. Not a member of any group, club or organization except triple A

[4th law of robotics]

14. You know they're basically owned by big-auto right?

All they care about is getting more cars on the streets.

They don't care how many cars you buy, or if they are based on military styles, or even if they've been modified with extended gas tanks or spoilers.

[Missycim]

22. lol

[IMG][/IMG]

[Starboard Tack]

25. What a load of crap.

[rDigital]

31. Oh come on

you walked right into that one. These people are feisty in the Gungeon. Everybody has to take their lumps.

I know I've had mine already.

[rl6214]

8. There's only been one poster here that I've ever seen that has admitted

they contributed to the Bradys financially, at least he said he did but with his tall tails who knows.

[shadowrider]

9. I know of a female one that said she contributed. n/t

[rl6214]

18. The one that I saw said he contributed is our resident ninja, robber bean can self defense expert.

[shadowrider]

28. Yea, I remember that. Him and the $100 gun at WalMart lady n/t

[Starboard Tack]

10. What exactly are "tall tails"?

Are they on tree monkeys or giraffes?

[rl6214]

17. Ah so now you are going to be the grammar police?

Isn't that special of you.

[Starboard Tack]

23. Grammar? Really? You think that's grammar?

[rl6214]

32. Call it what you want, I don't give a rats ass...

when you have to stoop to that level you have lost all credibility.

[rDigital]

21. By definition: it would have to be a giraffe or a brontosaurus. : ). nt

[petronius]

12. I have family who donate to Brady, or at least have done so in the past

So they do exist ... and I'm pretty proud to claim a sighting of such a rare and elusive creature!

[Travis_0004]

13. I never donated to them, but they did send me a survey back one time.

I sent it back, blank (prepaid at Brady's expense).

Cost the Brady campaign money, and help the post office, its a win/win.

[rDigital]

20. If only

this worked as well.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/bank-junk-mail-brick

[Kaleva]

15. Not seeing any support but I just posted this this morning.

I'll try and remember to keep this kicked for awhile to see if there's anyone here who actively supports the foremost gun control organization in the US.

[xxenderwigginxx]

16. I once saw a Brady donor

[link:|

[rDigital]

19. I'm calling BS, there are no Brady donors. nt

[Starboard Tack]

24. Do you really think your Ghandi quote is about RKBA?

"Your quote, though interesting, is taken way out of context. This is actually an excerpt from a leaflet Gandhi was passing around to gain recruits to fight for Britain during World War I. Organizers of a war conference, which Gandhi wanted to attend, quoted the leaflet as a way of illustrating that their political views differed from Gandhi's. In order to boot the British out of India, Gandhi engaged in many savvy, polemical activities designed to move India toward Home Rule. Distribution of this leaflet was apparently one of them. He certainly did not include the leaflet quote in his autobiography to support any opinion, one way or the other, on gun control. Reading the quote in context makes this crystal, sparkling clear. The passage in which the quote occurs has absolutely nothing to do with gun control or gun legislation.

Furthermore, to the best of my knowledge, at no point in Gandhi's 90-volume collected writings does he ever express a belief in an individual's right to keep and bear arms. It would certainly be weird if he did. If Gandhi will be remembered for anything, it will be for his passionate dedication to two principles. The first is ahimsa, a Hindu vow to never consciously injure another living creature. The second is satyagraha, the belief that non-violent methods are the only methods that should ever be used to resist injustice and tyranny. The leaflet quote simply doesn't reflect Gandhi's actual beliefs in any way."
http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=101;t=000195;p=0

[GCP]

26. Yes, I used to belong

I finally realized I was beating my head against a brick wall expecting anything ever to be achieved against the gun lobby.

And I donated.

[bluestateguy]

27. They have no real grass roots base

It's all top down and led by elites.

It's not an interest group with actual people in it.

[Kaleva]

29. Going by the responses here (lack of them), it does seem that way.

[GCP]

30. You didn't see mine?

They had plenty of support but the NRA beat them on funding and douche-baggery. People who supported the Brady lobby don't come on your board anyway, so why should you get any replies. I only happened to see the post on the main forum page.

[Reasonable_Argument]

35. By current numbers, as I understand them

NRA = 4.3 million members
VPC = 26,000 members

Somebody is losing this fight, and it isn't the NRA. You don't have a legislative problem, you have a cultural problem. Your ideas were rejected.

[Kaleva]

36. There are a number of ardent pro-gun control types who post here in the gungeon.

As the Gun Control & RKBA group is the designated place in DU for discussion about gun control and gun policy, I would think that those who think it to be a very important issue to them would be at least reading what is posted here.

[friendly_iconoclast]

33. I was, for a while. It was worth it just to see their methods up close:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x349614

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x347851

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=408568&mesg_id=408589

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117236520