Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumI get the distinct impression that the NRA has become Orwell's "Brotherhood" for some people
IOW, every gun-control setback is their doing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brotherhood_%28Nineteen_Eighty-Four%29
Mika
(17,751 posts)PavePusher
(15,374 posts)As well as incredibly dishonest and inaccurate.
Did you have anything constructive to say?
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)I should have heeded PavePusher's warning...
Some parts were almost funny. Almost....
DanTex
(20,709 posts)Simo 1939_1940
(768 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)... but tell me, why didn't they shoot the witches?
This would be so much better with a catch "school-house rock" soundtrack
ileus
(15,396 posts)ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)"Da joos" are responsible for everything bad that happens...rain, no rain, you get the idea
Clames
(2,038 posts)Rational thought need not apply. I find it funny how one of our resident anti-gunners posted an article blaming the NRA for the EPA not taking up regulation of lead ammunition. Guess they didn't notice that the EPA also provides its own blocking mechanism and has repeatedly shot down requests for blanket bans on lead ammo.
Callisto32
(2,997 posts)I have a vague memory of a vague memory of something that indicates that it is emphatically NOT the province of the EPA to have anything to do with the regulation of ammunition.
Maybe it's in the charter? I don't know if I am right or not, but maybe someone else can confirm/disconfirm.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)fuck all Lobbyists and that includes the NRA.
virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)Is the sheer number, of highly motivated voters the NRA can bring to the table.
That is the thing that drives the other side bonkers, and their is no way around that fact. That among the lobbyists, the NRA is one of the few, that can bring THOUSANDS of highly motivated, "Angry" or "Enthusiastic" voters to the polls on election day.
It is up to the politician to decide WHICH way those voters will go.
Try as they might, the anti gun side, is completely outclassed.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Give the power back to the VOTERS where it belongs!
FUCK LOBBYING. I HATE IT. ABSOLUTELY FUCKING HATE AND DESPISE THE CONCEPT.
virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)NewMoonTherian
(883 posts)That puts the Brady Campaign, VPC, and Bloomberg's lackeys in the role of The Party.
Reasonable_Argument
(881 posts)America must stop this predictable pattern of reaction. When an isolated, terrible event occurs, our phones ring, demanding that the NRA explain the inexplicable.
Why us? Because their story needs a villain. They want us to play the heavy in their drama of packaged grief, to provide riveting programming to run between commercials for cars and cat food.
The dirty secret of this day and age is that political gain and media ratings all too often bloom upon fresh graves. I remember a better day, when no one dared politicize or profiteer on trauma. We kept a respectful distance then, as NRA has tried to do now. Simply being silent is so often the right thing to do.
But today, carnage comes with a catchy title, splashy graphics, regular promos and a reactionary package of legislation. Reporters perch like vultures on the balconies of hotels for a hundred miles around. Cameras jockey for shocking angles, as news anchors race to drench their microphones in the tears of victims.
Injury, shock, grief and despair shouldn't be "brought-to-you by sponsors." That's pornography. It trivializes the tragedy, it abuses vulnerable people, and maybe worst of all, it makes the unspeakable seem commonplace.
And we're often cast as the villain.
That is not our role in American society, and we will not be forced to play it. Our mission is to remain a steady beacon of strength and support for the Second Amendment, even if it has no other friend on the planet. We cannot let tragedy lay waste to the most rare and hard-won human right in history.