Thursday, March 7, 2013

The NRA’s Circular Firing Squad – How They Have Turned On Everyone, Including Themselves


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/06/the-nras-circular-firing-squad-how-they-have-turned-on-everyone-including-themselves/
“Law-abiding gun owners.” That is the collective that many in the gun enthusiasts’ community would like everyone to believe defines their unity. They want to project a singular voice to fight those who they believe are “taking their rights.” But they are not unified. They don’t have an across-the-board message that defines their fight. And now, they are beginning to draw lines to fight each other, as owners, lobbyists, manufacturers, pundits and celebrity spokesgoons [I’m looking at you, Nugent] all posture to sell their particular case.
The subject: expanded background checks. It seems simple enough. Having each and every gun sale, whether from a gun shop, a gun show, the parking lot behind the gun show, an internet driven face-to-face sale in a Walmart parking lot, or a transfer between friends verified. The process would drastically cut down on “off the books” sales that criminals use to buy and sell weapons, usually stolen from “law-abiding gun owners,” or from straw purchasers. It seems simple…
The NRA drafted their opinion on the subject with a simple statement:
“We think it’s reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone. That means closing the Hinckley loophole so the records of those adjudicated mentally ill are in the system.
are the NRA members seeing the reality between muzzle flashes?  even those among the ranks of Hitler were able to see through the Scheiße thats German for feces and put down their guns.
the NRA released a more defined statement from NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox in January 2013:
“NRA does NOT support universal background checks and is not working with [Senator Joe] Manchin [D-WV] to implement this type of legislation.  NRA opposes, and will continue to oppose, universal background checks and registration schemes.” Chris W. Cox, NRA Chief Lobbyist, January 25, 2013
And by slightly different view, I mean opposite. Then again, in 1999, LaPierre presented the NRA position:
“We think it’s reasonable to support the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act.” [Source]
In 2012 he said:
“Politicians pass laws for Gun-Free School Zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them. And in so doing, they tell every insane killer in America that schools are their safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk.” [Source]
Besides the conflicts between the NRA and the NRA, the gun manufacturers’ lobby further shows that fracture to the unified front. National Shooting Sports Foundation president Steve Sanetti said in an interview…
Besides the conflicts between the NRA and the NRA, the gun manufacturers’ lobby further shows that fracture to the unified front. National Shooting Sports Foundation president Steve Sanetti said in an interview
no wonder it's taken a long time for their words to come back and nip at their behinds, they flip flopped more then Romney or that fish Palin beat the hell out of on her "special".