Re: NRA Life Membership $300.00-No sponsor needed
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: spiralseal</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nfngun</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sounds like a fair price, I live in NY where the hell has the NRA been, same for California
Chicago and DC get brought to court And i stilI live in a may issue state, Everyone I know is a member, for what ... The firearm insurance big god dam deal will they cover the cost of my firearms when they are stolen by the government ...
Keep handing out checks to lobbyists who fight for gun rights in states like Arizona, Texas and Florida I didn't realize they had pull in NY, wow they don't ....
NRA ... No thank you, The day they show me they can actually get something done here in NY is the day they see my support.
Seriously in the days following a mass shooting the best thing you can come up with is put armed guards in schools.
News flash dumb ass the states that need your support the most already have police hovering around schools we don't call NY a police state for nothing and refer to gun friendly states free states for a reason. Don't get me wrong police around schools are a good thing, but making a statement like that you might as well hand me a pair of shoes after I just lost my foot.
Don't take this as a personal attack on any NRA members but truth is NRA leadership is no different then any other, they talk a lot of crap and fight the easy fight to justify why they take your money.
NRA puts a squash to this proposed NY ban which covers every dam semi auto that exists never mind black guns then they can pass around the hat here in NY.
They're in Washington big god dam deal that's the easy fight why do you think The White House is going to pull the executive order card they knew they didnt have the support before they even started.
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I agree the NRA has done NOTHING in NJ, they dont even try..... </div></div>
With the elected officials that the NRA has to deal with in the NE what do you think the NRA can do? Walk on water? Waive a magic wand?
The NRA chooses its battles, the ones it can win. If it was not for the NRA the USA would have the gun law restrictions that Australia has <span style="font-weight: bold">right now</span>. 2nd A would mean the right to access your bolt rifle from a central police vault during hunting season and practice sessions under police supervision on a police supervised shooing range.
<span style="color: #CC0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">ONLY the NRA organizes gun sympathetic elected officials to fight gun restrictions.
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This is the common opinion of those who would end gun ownership:
"It is an organization that exists in order to sell as many lethal weapons to as many people in this country as possible. It is an organization that has bought large numbers of our politicians, and intimidated a large number of others, in order to make itself more money by selling more lethal weapons. It is an organization that is holding the rest of the country hostage in order to increase its coffers. What the NRA does is create a climate in which ordinary citizens of something which is not SUPPOSED to be a failed state are nevertheless at risk of being gunned down in public places. What the NRA does is buy or intimidate our politicians in order to stifle proposals for common-sense gun control which, if the experience of other industrialized nations is any guide, would lead to fewer people being killed by gun violence in this country. What the NRA does is endanger us for their own profit.
What the NRA does is inimical to the public health and to the well-being of this country and its citizens.
The law cannot destroy the NRA. What is going to destroy it is public opinion. And something we can do--those of us who accept the evidence that suggests that more guns means more violence and not less--is help shift public opinion.
It's already happening. Somehow last Friday was the last straw for a lot of people. We can help it along. At the very least, we can stop being afraid to talk about gun control.
Do not worry about "politicizing the tragedy." This is bullshit thrown at you by the gun lobby, who have a strong interest in preventing people from expressing the outrage, shock, grief, and anger that we all feel when we see one of these mass shootings erupt and are reminded of who is holding us and our children hostage. The idea is to make us feel bad for wanting to actually DO something about this problem, as if taking action to ensure that this horrific thing never happens again is somehow disrespectful to the victims. I personally cannot think of any more useful way of honoring their memory than working to ensure that no other six-year-old ever has to die this way. I believe that the most effective way to accomplish this would be to reduce the number of guns in this country. If the NRA wants to call that "politicizing the tragedy," that's the NRA's prerogative. I would rather help stop the next tragedy from happening than worry about what the NRA thinks of my manners. "
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022048263
Its easy to wine, complain, do nothing. Much harder to use strategy, compromise and fight like hell. Wait till a magazine restriction of FIVE rounds is put on every weapon. BANS on entire classes of weapons.
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