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It’s a political issue, of course there’s bias.
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Barack Obama was the greatest gun salesman in history. The NRA should be thankful for his eight years and should put him on the cover of their magazine as Man of the Year.
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Of course the NRA is going to use vitriol in its warnings.....if all they had publicized was "Obama has a history of gun control advocacy" would that be an understatement? If the Republicans had not taken back the House in 2010, we would very likely have seen another Assault Weapons ban, another high capacity magazine ban, universal background checks, a federal gun registery and who knows what else. If it takes "the sky is falling!" type of message to motivate voters.....then bravo to the NRA. Quote:
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Re arming teachers
I volunteered in local schools for 15 years, spending so much time at a local high school that staff members, thinking I was a full time employee, asked me how I got out of faculty meetings. With that experience, I can tell you that we do not want every teacher armed; there are a significant number who don't have the mind set or the common sense to handle firearms correctly or to use them successfully in an emergency. I can say with equal certainty, however, that there are a significant number of teachers who love their students, and are are competent and thoughtful and cool under pressure, and who would, if armed, be excellent guardians of our students' safety.
The only people I have seen arguing for all teachers to be armed are those who put it up as a straw man argument to then argue against firearms in schools. The argument to permit - not require, but permit - interested and qualified teachers, administrators, staff members, and volunteers to protect their students with effective arms is only good sense. To argue that students are safer without armed protection is foolish. As for the NRA's role: It saddens me that they have become political shills. We need to recognize that both sides of the gun control debate are significantly bipartisan. We have supporters on both sides of the aisle to embrace, and opponents on both sides of the aisle to fight. Rejecting supporters and embracing opponents in such a closely contested issue is dangerous. I noticed something in my last issue of "American Rifleman" that bothered me: photos of a recent gathering with banners of the executive vice president's face. The reason that it bothered me was that the banners reminded me strongly of banners with the visage of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin that were unfurled at the end of a Russian ballet performance that I attended during the cold war. The NRA should belong to all its members and represent them, regardless of their political affiliation and their positions on other issues. It should not be the mouthpiece of one person or one politician or one political party. |
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Not how it may seem, but how they actually are?? I may be a bit out of touch with their current policies, if they've changed, please enlighten me. The NRA I remember never said vote for party A or party B, they always dealt with specific candidates, by name, and based their recommendations/ratings ONLY on the candidates gun rights record. It may SEEM like they are only supporting one party's candidates, but when only one party produces candidates that support our gun rights, can you blame them??? There have been, and likely still are some people in office or running from both parties that get NRA support, NOT because they belong to one party or the other but because of their personal record on the only issue that matters to the NRA, gun rights. From where I sit, all the rhetoric about the NRA being a political mouthpiece for one party, about how the NRA is the spokesman for the gun makers, and the extreme, how the NRA condones murder, etc., is just propaganda from the anti-gun side, seeking to demonize the NRA, (and thereby, us, all gunowners, NRA members or not) in order to further their agenda. The NRA accepts any and everyone who pays the membership dues. There are no questions asked about ANYTHING, as any kind of requirement for membership. You can be of any political persuasion, it doesn't matter.
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Read Wayne Lapierre's unsubstantiated rant in the March,2018 Rifleman magazine. The article is entitled: In Today's Democratic Party, Democrat Equals Socialist.
La Pierre rants about the media, journalists, "the socialists of academia", "socialist judges" and the "socialist agenda". i've been an NRA member for about 60 years and previously contributed thousands to the PVF and ILA. Then political activist David Keene was elected NRA president: Keene took the NRA political. It's time for La Pierre to go. |
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Can someone prove to me that we as gun owners are in a minority in this country? I don't mean parrot what lies that the lame-stream media blows out it's collective arse on a daily basis. I mean show me concrete proof that pro-gun people are in the minority and the majority of our population is against us and our guns. Prove it to me and back it up factually. You can't because it simply isn't the truth.
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I knew my post would result in my getting flamed. Predicting that Obama or Hillary or whoever will be coming for your guns is hysterical behavior and over reaction. IMO. The very fact that some of us may not buy into the claims made by the NRA before 2008 and 2012 elections seems treasonous, judging by some (most) of the responses.
Not being politically aligned is not treasonous. If we only want to live in an echo chamber, where every post is validation of a certain political or social view point, that is dangerous and troubling to me. The outcome of those political brochures from the NRA was interesting. First, it caused a major pain in the rear for anyone wishing to purchase reloading supplies and ammunition. The easily swayed gun people got all bug eyed and started hoarding those commodities. Secondly,the proliferation of firearms, particularly AR's, was ratcheted up. The more guns the better! All except when gangs, street thugs, drug rings, and nutballs get their hands on them. The more guns in circulation the easier it becomes to black market them. Thirdly, the actual outcome should, to any critical thinker, expose the NRA as hysteria inducing chicken littles. I disavowed the NRA for those reasons. I recently opted to again become a member. But, in the interest of not being a hypocrite, the next time the NRA tries to incite hysteria, I am done with them. |
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But your above quoted statement and your other posts in this thread, makes me believe that you are already (or still) done with them, current member or not.
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LaPierre correctly notes the growth of an idea that one's individual rights held against the state are to be subordinated to new and increasingly invasive state authority. One's rights to his income, his freedom to speak or not (in the form of "hate" speech criminal enhancements and state compelled speech, and limits on campaign speech), freedom of association in insurance and medical matters, freedom of religious practice, and right to keep and bear arms come under attack from a recognizable portion of the political spectrum. Those attacks rest on an analysis hostile to the concept of principled and enduring limits on state power. An analysis hostile to individual rights is entitled to opposition.
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When Obama and Hillary advocate gun control we should take them at their word. Quote:
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I understand that the majority of the politicians and voters in one party vote one way on gun issues, and the majority of the other party in the other. But polls usually show something on the order of 1/3 of voters differ from the registered party on gun issues. So let's consider the math of that. The census bureau says there are about 157 million people registered to vote, and that they are roughly evenly divided. So when we say that all member of a particular party are some combination of unpatriotic, idiots, or other derogatory terms, we basically reject something on the order of 25 million voters. And when we assume that anyone who registers the "right" way is on our side, we embrace a similar number of people who actually oppose us on our issue. That seems like a bad strategy to me, but I am neither a politician nor a political scientist. I would like to see our primary organization use rhetoric that increases our base by inclusiveness rather than that which preaches only to the choir and alienates prospects. Fund raising is apparently quite effective with current methods, though, so who knows what the best strategy will be long term.
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Let’s just cut to the chase. Which Democrat should the NRA be supporting that they are not currently supporting? Perhaps someone can provide me with an example of this political bias by pointing out a pro-Second Amendment Democrat not getting support over a worse opponent?
I mean, Georgia members were upset that their Governor got an NRA endorsement with a mixed record on gun rights and better candidates in the primary. I believe a lot of Florida members feel the same about Rick Scott. If that is happening within the GOP then surely there is a Democrat out there in a similar situation? And if there isn’t, what exactly does that say? |
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It’s only going to get more polarized as some politicians that have had extreme views in the past are getting slammed for not being radical enough now.
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There used to be overlap across the political spectrum from both parties. The turning point in recent history was with Goldwater and Nixon moving the GOP to the right and using racial bias at times to garner votes. The Democrats moved more to the left.
It is tribal blindness not to see that the NRA has wedded itself to the right side of the political spectrum. If you live in that lake, you think it is all peaches and cream to read Wayne's screed about socialism. However, the whole Democratic base is not socialist, nor are the entire GOP base racist right wingers. But the blather from extreme viewpoints dominates the conversation. Both parties then adopted litmus tests for membership that cater to their fringes that have serious issues with personal liberty. The Sex Police vs. the Gun Police, for example (guess who is which). Using racial dog whistles depending on your constituency, which masks real racial divides and exacerbating conflict. The NRA should not be fringe party. Wayne's editoral mentioned above was moronic if you wanted to try to encourage cross party support of the 2nd Amend. I don't give a crap about his views on issues outside of the 2nd Amend. If we continue the litmus test world view and trying to keep gun rights based on one side of the spectrum, given the wrong electoral fringe outcome and you will lose the show. What Democrat supports gun rights can be a question similar to what GOP candidate will support Medicare for All? Maybe parties working together can have rational debates about gun policy or health care? However, we are caught up with tribal idiocy. If you are happy with Wayne blathering about socialism or liberals, then send him your money. However, if you want to try to have some general support of the 2nd Amend. (there are liberal and Democratic gun owners), then he should think about what he is saying. I do think the fringe right strategy is seen as a money maker - which perhaps is most important to the organization. Aren't they going broke? Remember, that many conservatives are not strong gun supporters and will turn on the issue in a flash if it benefits them personally. The issue has to be above fringe identity. The NRA isn't trying to do that. Progun Democrats got their marching orders to switch sides. The GOP has made their folks heel to their litmus tests. What else is new? But it stinks.
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First session under Republican governor Mary Fallin some of the Republican senators who claimed to love constitutional carry sabotaged the bill. This year the Republicans ran the clock out. On 25 April, 2018 the Oklahoma House passed constitutional carry. On 2 May, 2018 the OK Senate passed constitutional carry. On 4 May, 2018 the Oklahoma legislature adjourned. On 14 May, 2018 Governor Fallin vetoed constitutional carry. Our wonderful gun loving Republican lead legislature lacked the guts for a special session to override Fallin's veto. Folks in Oklahoma are tired of lying legislators. If the legislature and governor continue to play games with our gun rights we will eventually pass constitutional carry by referendum. We killed cock fighting by referendum after the legislature refused to consider outlawing same. |
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The seeds of the change began with with FDR and the leftward lurch he represented. FDR kept the democrat coalition together while those voters were still largely poor. When that constituency came to see themselves as less reliant on federal help, they began voting more like their northern neighbors. This happened not only in the south, but also with northern roman catholic populations as they moved out of their democrat governed urban ghettos and into suburbs. They are no longer looking for a Robin Hood government. They stopped seeing the federal government as protection and started seeing it as a problem. Couple that with the flight of high-profile anti-communists from the democrat party in the 1970s, and these populations realized they had little reason to remain in a party just because it was their parents' party. By the time Zell Miller spoke at a repub convention his journey had been made by a large number of former democrats in both the north and south. Reagan democrats were working class northern catholics and bible belt christians who the democrat party had alienated on abortion and feminism as well as insufficient anti-communism in the mid-1970s. That's when the southern democrat sway that put JEC into office was really broken. Repubs got real working numbers in the south in 1980. The notion that a southern christians in 1980 weren't reacting to democrat positions on abortion, feminism and US military decline but to a piece of then 16 year old civil rights legislation can't survive an understanding of the other issues of the period. Quote:
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On other firearms forums, I have seen leftist trolls attempt to express their Democratic underground talking points. I wonder if that is what I’m seeing here.
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