Feb 16, 2018

Issues With The NRA




I'm a supporter of the 2nd Amendment. Although that is a right which I defend, as an engaged citizen I appreciate living in a society of laws. There are rights and laws, and we can all live within them. I do not blindly consider every regulation as a curtailment of my rights, or as a slippery slope which will erode them, as does the NRA.  I can exercise my rights in a responsible manner, without purposefully provoking those who feel differently about this issue.

Each November the NRA sends its current and former members a card telling them whom they should vote for in their district, to protect their 2nd Amendment rights. Although their member magazine often features hunting rifles, the organization must also think of their members as sheep, who should only care about one issue. As Americans we should guard our right to own firearms,  but never tolerate being told how to vote.

I support Americans For Responsible Solutions, the group started by Mark Kelly and  Gabby Giffords.  They both value their right to own a fireman,  but appreciate the need for greater controls against irresponsible ownership.

Shown above is a 38 special, gifted upon Frank Sinatra by the Miami Beach Police & Firemen's Association.  

8 comments:

  1. Mike,

    Is is a myth perpetuated by gun control groups that the NRA controls Washington through political donations and its membership is comprised of knuckle dragging lunatics. Neither is true. The political donations of the NRA are far overshadowed by the donations of gun control groups, organised labor(SEIU, American federation of teachers...) and the likes of Micheal Bloomberg.
    As well all issue oriented group speaks to their membership on the issue that unites them. In this case it is the second amendment which as the left likes to say is "settled law". I am not a member of the NRA but know many who are. They are well educated, successful, responsible, and informed. They and their organisation aren't the problem.
    There is something far more complicated than the right to own guns that drives young people to murder in cold blood their classmates. There are many reasons for that and they have nothing to do with the second amendment.

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  2. Always blame the N.R.A.its the easy thing to do.

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  3. These have become 'copy cat' crimes. We need to be able to shoot and kill a couple of these wackos before they get a chance to do any damage. I believe this would be a great deterrent.

    To all those people who want to confiscate guns: Think how many guns there are in the US. It would take 75 - 100 years to get them all out of circulation. And naturally, there would be a thriving black market for guns - just like there is for drugs.

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  4. huck at 10:55, i don't blame the NRA for the shooting sprees, but don't appreciate their voting recommendations or their slippery slope attitude about any restrictions.

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  5. No 'slippery slope"? Once we began 'interpreting' what 'shall not be infringed' means then the slope began its decline. How many thousands of federal, state and local gun laws have been passed in our history? Sounds like there's been a lot of Vaseline has been spread on our Constitution.

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  6. PS. I am not and never have been a member of the NRA....and frankly never held a gun in my 60+ years.

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  7. Now we are discovering the consequences of a politicized justice department. it is despicable.

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  8. I couldn't agree with you more about not wanting to be told for whom to vote -- by anyone.

    The NRA reaching out to voters isn't nearly as offensive as the NEA doing the same, though, because contributions to the NRA are voluntary, after-tax dollars whereas NEA money *is* tax dollars -- and, far worse, seized by fat cat, forced-membership union commissars directly from funds earmarked for education.

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