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Cee Zee December 17, 2012, 07:25 PM They're hiding under a rock, that's where. It's nice to know my dues are being used to pay lobbyists to cave to the gun grabber lobby.
What needs to happen is that the members of the NRA need to explain to the leadership that we should never back down no matter how difficult the struggle. Because the alternative will be far worse. I've known that since I was 5 years old and I first heard about the NRA. Yes tragedies happen but a bigger tragedy would happen if we caved. And the NRA admitted to me on the phone that they have been taking time off to "let people bury their dead". I don't remember a clause in my membership for allowing the NRA leadership to make it look like they are having second thoughts and that is EXACTLY what happened as soon as it was apparent that the NRA was being silent on the issue. How stupid can they get? I hate this tragedy tremendously. It makes me sick. But we will have far, far worse situations if we surrender our gun rights because only criminals will have guns if we do. That guy broke a dozen gun laws to get the guns he used. Nothing short of a total ban of guns would ever change the situation in this country. And that would take decades just to implement and it would bring on a civil war because people just won't surrender their last line of defense against the oppression of the government. If we do we will be in the same boat the Jews were in just before WWII. It's insane to give up. Ask anyone in the UK where crime skyrocketed when they confiscated guns.
If you belong to the NRA you really should call them and tell them that no matter how harsh it seems it's the right thing to do to stand up for our rights. That's why we gave them our money. They made it possible for certain senators to think it was ok to cave too. Senators like Joe Manchin from WV and another senator from Virginia. No senators would appear on Meet The Press. Hey if the NRA isn't holding their feet to the fire you could see a lot of power grabbers want to take away the means to resist abusive power. I remember Arch Moore in WV. He was as corrupt as it gets. I'm sure he would have loved to have a constituency that was unarmed.
Call the NRA and tell them it is NOT ok to take a week off. They set back our cause a decade in a few days. If you want to know how read this news story:
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/17/nra-shuts-down-facebook-no-tweets-since-school-shooting/
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Emfuser December 17, 2012, 10:57 PM Charlton Heston in his 1999 Keynote speech to the NRA:
"This cycle of tragedy-driven hatred must stop, because so much more connects us than that which divides us because tragedy has been, and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful, everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can't become an ax for opportunists to cleave the very Bill of Rights that binds us. 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 to often bloom on fresh graves. I remember a better day, where 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 passage 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 with 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. 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."
Full text: http://www.varmintal.com/heston4.htm
Sam1911 December 17, 2012, 11:08 PM Checkman posted this a little while ago:
Has anyone called the NRA? I did today. They're waiting for the children to be buried and then they're going to be on the scene. The NRA is planning strategy and urging all members to start contacting their reps and get ready to get busy. Why does it seem like I'm the only one to remember the atmosphere in the country after Colombine in 99? It was just as bad. The NRA waited for a few days and then moved into the political fray. I agree. Let the anti's do all their screaming and then get to work. The last few days would have only been a screeching session with the rabif anti's pointing their fingers at pro-gun people and shouting them down with the assistance of the so-called "hosts".
wow6599 December 17, 2012, 11:09 PM Yeah, I've not been very pleased with them these past few days - but they are still our best ally in the fight.
Sam1911 December 17, 2012, 11:17 PM I have to agree that adding one more voice to the shrill screaming is probably not the most effective plan. It is HARD to be patient, VERY hard. But without any question the wisest course of action would be for no one in the country to make any changes at all for at least 6 months or a year after an event like this to let the tide of emotion and grief ebb and make decisions of vast import with a clear head. There is no crisis. No impending further danger. Nothing must be done right this minute. The terrible moment has passed and there's little reason to believe another is in the offing.
Unfortunately, the by-far more popular way to do things is to launch screaming into a rage demanding your own agenda if a crisis or tragedy seems to suit your needs. "Never let a crisis go to waste" as they say. So instead of taking a respectful and quite logical pause to collect our thoughts, the antis scream to strike while the iron is hot -- while the public is still dazed and outraged.
Most fortunately, few of the changes they want to see can happen over night, or in a week, or even in a month. We can afford to let the flood of rage and emotion pass and then stand strong when it our enemies get their ploys worked up through the system.
With luck and good planning, we'll be able to meet that high water and turn it back.
gondorian December 17, 2012, 11:18 PM There isn't really any sense for them to get strategically unimportant people screaming at them and allowing that distaste creep over to more influential parties.
mljdeckard December 17, 2012, 11:24 PM I trust the NRA to do my talking for me. Placing an order with Midway and rounding up the next couple of dollars tomorrow.
wow6599 December 17, 2012, 11:29 PM Have they even issued a statement though? Something reminding folks we are the 99.999% that are not the "evil ones", and maybe their condolences for the families. Start the discussion regarding mental health, or lack there of.......
Atbat82 December 17, 2012, 11:40 PM They're smart to lay low. They know that no one in the media will run their message without butchering/spinning/manipulating it. They know no legislation will come up before the new year. They are giving the families time to grieve, giving the public time to take a deep breath, and giving the anti-gun crowd time to shout themselves horse.
Not many people outside our community are open to the RKBA argument right now. The pain from Newtown is too raw and the emotion too high. In a week or so, reason should come back and facts will carry almost as much weight as emotion. Right now facts carry very little.
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Johnny Dollar December 17, 2012, 11:50 PM They're smart to lay low
I agree. It's very difficult when the opposition is screaming,but in this case, waiting for the emotions to lower down is the correct move. Time will tell us.
jason41987 December 17, 2012, 11:55 PM so heres a question i would love to know the answer from.... to those of you are more experienced in these matters... do you think legislation will come from this, if so, what do you think will happen?
mljdeckard December 17, 2012, 11:59 PM No. I still don't think it will make it out of committee.
razorback2003 December 18, 2012, 12:05 AM I don't think the house will pass any law making it hard for people to own AR's and have NORMAL capacity mags.
The key will be to see if Boehner will keep his word and support us.
Johnny Dollar December 18, 2012, 12:10 AM Agree with mljdeckard. It will not get to the floor.
Pronghorn19 December 18, 2012, 12:22 AM Im watching Piers Morgan now and its making me want to scream. If only good old Wayne was debating this fool. I cant wait until we as a collective group can flex our muscles through debate and spreading info just like the anti-gunners are doing now.
CharlieBT December 18, 2012, 12:55 AM Sam ... Thank you for passing that info along. As a life member a couple times over, I was concerned why NRA went dark off the social media feeds. I would have appreciated an email blast from HQ giving us a heads up on the strategy, but don't want to make this all about my little concerns. I appreciated learning this. Onward.
jason41987 December 18, 2012, 01:24 AM someone actually has a petition on whitehouse.gov to repeal the second amendment... wow, some people are DUMB... i signed one to declare military style semi automatics as constitutionally accepted, and bans on them and magazines as unconstitutional
DurangoKid December 18, 2012, 01:36 AM The Patriots at Bunker Hill held their fire until the enemy was in range. Were they cowards? Hell no. The NRA is waiting until the enemy is in range. They know how to fight. Just stand by to support them.:)
Cee Zee December 18, 2012, 02:20 AM I understand not going on with the radical leftists and doing the cha cha cha about a horrible tragedy while they're trying to blame us. But not saying anything at all leads to them (the fascist left) having free reign to portray us not only as the scapegoats but also as finally having come to our senses. There are venues where they could have gotten their message out without being ripped to shreds. I think it was important to point out we were not backing down because anything that looks like we are was bound to be played up as exactly that. And it happened just that way. According to the MSM the NRA is shutting down completely and changing their minds about guns.
I know it would have been in bad taste to argue over this right after the tragedy. But a lot of people will buy the propaganda. That's why they go to the trouble of producing it. It works. One spokesman on one Fox News program for example (except Oreally of course) would have been evidence that we were not about to give up the fight. Heck we've been winning this battle big time because of the mass shootings. People know that one responsible person with a gun could have saved the lives of a lot of children. I just don't see running from our position in whatever form.
I think the Heston quote above said it all. We can't let ourselves be portrayed as the villain in this pornography passion play. We are the good guys. Let's act like it and not cower in fear from the forces of lunacy.Yes we can let them play the role of extremist by not going to war with them but with no spokesman at all or no announcements of suspending operations it looks like we are caving instead of giving respectful distance.
Sam1911 December 18, 2012, 11:22 AM CZ, I understand what you're saying, and it is impossible to ever tell which way is the most beneficial in the long, long term. Either we come out slugging immediately, fighting tooth and nail at the risk of looking like opportunistic ghouls (as our enemies have clearly done), or we come out with a cautious statement or two which could look timid and wilting and which our enemies will contort into whatever twisted message they want to send...or we hold our fire, take a respectful and patient stance and wait to act when the time is most opportune.
No choice is without social risks, or without possible benefits. And you can't pick more than one path to take. The NRA is obviously calculating that option 3 will be the MOST beneficial in the long term. I guess we'll see.
Guillermo December 18, 2012, 11:28 AM it is a difficult situation for the NRA
if they come out they are "politicizing the tragedy"
if they wait they are "cowards not fighting for us"
as one that that sometimes allows myself to get caught up in the emotion brought by another, I appreciate them being more cautious.
I just hope that their message, when they come out, is something to the effect of how many must lie dead and dying in "gun free" zones before we ban them?
Godsgunman December 18, 2012, 11:40 AM I think the NRA is doing what they should. Sometimes silence is the best tactic. Also I believe they are being far more respectful to the families who lost loved ones and giving them time to grieve. These liberal media nutjobs have absolutely no respect or tact and it can clearly be seen. All they are doing is jumping at the opportunity while emotion is still high, they know emotion is their only chance, once logic comes back into focus then they will fail. I believe the NRA is being very smart and strategic.
481 December 18, 2012, 11:44 AM FWIW, I just hope that when the NRA does speak to this (I believe that they will when the time is correct), that they make a point of the 94 AWB being in place when another similar tragedy, Columbine, took place.
Punishing law-abiding gun owners with restrictive firearms legislation is not the answer.
Wapato December 18, 2012, 11:47 AM With their track history I think it's really unfair to and innacurate to say that the NRA has "backed down".
At most you could say that you think their tactics of being patient aren't wise.
However I'm inclined to think they're being wise about it.
First all what could they say at this point that they haven't said numerous times already?
And going on an interview to debate somebody? That's just tactically stupid right now. It's their show, even if you have a great point, there isn't anything keeping them from editing it out. They'll probalby have more people against you so you're standing alone looking crazy, because they are indeed looking for a bad guy in all this tragedy that isn't alredy dead. And they certainly can and will interupt you.
Instead I think it's wise to wait for people to calm down and for the rational parts of their brains to re-engage. Also it serves their interests to allow all the facts to come out.
brnmw December 18, 2012, 12:08 PM Out of respect I too believe the NRA is doing what they should at this point. The fight is down the road, not here and not right after the tragedy let the wounded heal a bit and let the dead be buried to rest in peace and be remembered. For the record I am an NRA member, and no I do not agree with everything they do and I am sure due to the size of the NRA may not have the little peoples best interest at heart from time to time, but they are the "Biggest" voice we have at the moment nationally. I also belong to my TSRA here in Texas to speak for me on a local level... I suggest for those of you to also lend support to those local voices if you have not already. We all have an uncertain future ahead, sometimes staying cool and collected is better than running through like a "Bull through a China Shop" for the lack of a better analogy.
Stay Strong... and "Cool Headed". :cool:
Pilot December 18, 2012, 12:10 PM They should have at least put something about grieving for the victims and their families on their website and indicated any political discussions were premature until a period of mourning has past.
Instead they give the MSM ammo to say the NRA is silent and sticking its head in the sand, insinuating fear and embarrasment from gun owners. The NRA leadership and PR people have failed miserably on this one.
Black Wolf December 18, 2012, 12:39 PM I called the NRA (and was on hold for 11 minutes) - the manly-man that answered the phone said it's "an ongoing investigation and they are remaining silent". No <deleted[/]>. What a BS bureaucratic answer. We're not asking them to determine the "cause" or "suspect" of the case - we're asking them to refute the BS liberal's media perception of guns [I]in general; not specific to this case!
NRA - YOU'RE FIRED!
Trent December 18, 2012, 12:55 PM If they're waiting for the official investigation to conclude, that's a long, long silence ahead.
Sniper66 December 18, 2012, 01:05 PM The NRA is right to maintain a respectful distance from the genuine grief and the manufactured attacks on gun owners...for now. The best defense is a good offense and a good deal of thought needs to go into NRA and other pro-gun organization publications especially for the next few months. What we can count on from Obama is that he will go after not just AR style rifles, but the 2nd Amendment in it's entirety. He has a well established belief that the Constitution is an impediment to his agenda. His interest is in rewriting the law, not upholding it. We need to be prepared for an all-out assault on gun owners.
Guillermo December 18, 2012, 01:15 PM silence is over soon
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/18/nra-to-push-back-soon-sources-say/
W.E.G. December 18, 2012, 01:37 PM Mr. Heston said it well in 1999.
http://youtu.be/pL2W_tMfMlQ
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…I see our country teetering on the edge of an abyss. At its bottom brews the simmering bile of deep, dark hatred. Hatred that's dividing our country: politically, racially, economically, geographically, in every way- whether it's political vendettas, sports brawls, corporate takeovers, or high school gangs in cleats, the American competitive ethic has changed from 'let's beat the other guy, to let's destroy the other guy.' Too many, too many are too willing to stigmatize and demonize others for political advantage, for money or for ratings. The vilification is savage. …Representative John Conyers slandered three million Americans when he called the NRA 'merchants of death' on national television as our first lady nodded in agreement.
A hideous cartoon by Mike Peters ran nationally, it showed childrens' dead bodies sprawled out to spell N-R-A. The countless requests we've received this last week or so for media appearances are in fact, summons to public floggings, where those who hate firearms will, predictably don the white hat and give us the black one. This harvest of hatred is then sold as news. As entertainment. As government policy. Such hateful, divisive forces are leading us to one awful end--America's own form of Balkanization. A weakened country of rabid factions, each less free, united only by hatred of one another.
…we've seen the these brutal blows attempting to fracture America into two such camps. Now one camp would be the majority- people who believe our founders guaranteed our security with the right to defend ourselves, our families, and our country. The other camp would be a large minority of people who believe that we will buy security--if we would just surrender these freedoms. This debate would be accurately described as those who believe in the Second Amendment versus those who don't but instead it is spun as those who believe in murder versus those who don't.
A struggle between the reckless and the prudent, between the dim-witted and the progressive. Between inferior citizens who know, and elitists who know what's good for society. But we're not the rustic, reckless radicals they wish for. No, the NRA spans the broadest range of American demography imaginable. We defy stereotyping, except for love of country. Look in your mirror, your shopping mall, your church, your grocery store--that's us. Millions of ordinary people and extraordinary people. War heroes, sports idols, several U.S. Presidents, and, yes, movie stars.
But the screeching hyperbole leveled at gun owners has made these two camps so wary of each other, so hostile and confrontational and disrespectful on both sides they have forgotten that we are first Americans. I am asking all of us, on both sides, to take one step back from the edge, than another step and another... however many it takes to get back to the place where we are all Americans. Different...different, imperfect, diverse, but one nation, indivisible.
This cycle of tragedy-driven hatred must stop, because so much more connects us than that which divides us because tragedy has been, and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful, everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can't become an ax for opportunists to cleave the very Bill of Rights that binds us. 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 to often bloom on fresh graves. I remember a better day, where 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 passage 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 with 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. 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, as our Vice-President said, a steady beacon of strength and support for the Second Amendment even if it has no other friend on this planet. We cannot, we must not let tragedy lay waste to the most rare, and hard-won human right in history. A nation cannot gain safety by giving up freedom. This truth is older than our country. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin said that.
Now, if you like your freedoms of speech and of religion, freedom from search and seizure, freedom of the press, and of privacy, to assemble, and to redress grievances, then you'd better give them that eternal bodyguard called the Second Amendment.
The individual right to bear arms is freedom's insurance policy. Not just for your children, but for infinite generations to come. That is it's singular sacred duty, and why we preserve it so fiercely. Now, no, it's not a right without rational restrictions, and it's not for everyone. Only the law-abiding majority of society deserves the Second Amendment.
Abuse it once, and lose it forever. That's the law. But, curiously, the NRA is far more eager to prosecute gun abusers than are those who oppose gun ownership altogether. As if the tool could be more evil than the evil-doers. I don't understand that. The NRA also spends more and works harder than anybody in America to promote safe, responsible use of firearms. From 38,000 certified instructors, training millions of police, hunters, women and youths, to 500 law-enforcement agencies promoting our Eddie Eagle gun-safety program….
But our essential reason for being is this: as long as there is a Second Amendment, evil can never conquer us, tyranny in any form can never find footing within a society of law-abiding, armed, ethical people. The majesty of the Second Amendment that our founders so divinely captured and crafted into your birthright guarantees that no government despot, no renegade faction of armed forces, no roving gangs of criminals, no breakdown of law and order, no massive anarchy, no force of evil or crime or oppression from within or from without can ever rob you of the liberties that define your Americanism.
And, so, when they ask you well, indeed you would uh, bear arms against Government tyranny? The answer is no. That could never happen, precisely because we have the Second Amendment. Let me be absolutely clear. The Founding Fathers guaranteed this freedom, because they knew no tyranny can ever arise among a people endowed with the right to keep and bear arms. That's why you and your descendants need never fear fascism, state-run faith, refugee camps, brain-washing, ethnic cleansing, or especially submission to the wanton will of criminals.
The Second Amendment, there can be no more precious inheritance- that's what the NRA preserves.
Now, if you disagree, that's your right. I respect that. But, we will not relinquish it, or be silenced about it, or be told: 'Do not come here, you are unwelcome in your own land.'
Let us go from this place, this huge room, renewed in spirit and dedicated against hatred. We have work to do, hearts to heal, evil to defeat, and a country to unite. We may have differences, yes, and we will again suffer tragedy almost beyond description. But when the sun sets on Denver tonight, and forevermore, let it always set on we the people, secure in our land of the free, and home of the brave. I, for one, plan to do my part. Thank You."
Hondo 60 December 18, 2012, 02:00 PM do you think legislation will come from this, if so, what do you think will happen?
Yes we will see legislation.
Ineffective, but another gun law, no less.
What will it be? Probably more of the Clinton era ban on some magazines, and some so-called assault rifles.
(a term I vehemently detest - assault is a verb not an adjective!)
R.W.Dale December 18, 2012, 02:51 PM No. I still don't think it will make it out of committee.
With Obama breaking the Republicans over like a cheap shotgun over the budget situation I think you're a foolish to believe this.
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Alnamvet68 December 18, 2012, 02:59 PM I have no problem with the NRA not enetering into the fray....why should they? There will be an appropriate time for the NRA to voice their assessment of what has occured in Connecticut, and I am confident it will be a measured and intelligent response that will counter the histrionics put forth by the media, the left, as well as those 2A supporters who feel this compelling need to make matters worse by posting inflexible positions as a means to drown out the insanity of the anti-gun crowd. Take a deep breath, observe, remain quiet, and act the gentleman that 2A supporters should be known to be.
winterhorse290 December 18, 2012, 03:27 PM do you remmeber what george bush did when told about the twin towers on september 11? did he jump up and start threatening, did he make rash statments? no. he met with his people and started gathering info. make plans and start the process of kicking ass. i,m sure the nra is doing the same. let all the bs smoke clear. get the real fact and line up your assets.
Rob G December 18, 2012, 04:30 PM High on top of a mountain there stood an old bull and a young bull.
Both of them were leering at the young heifers down in the valley quite a distance away.
The young bull was snorting, huffing and puffing, pacing back and forth, etc.
Finally, after a while, the young bull said...
"Say, why don't we run down this mountain and have our way with one of them?"
The old bull pondered for a moment, smiled, leaned over, and calmly said...
"Why don't we walk down the mountain and have our way with all of them!"
--- I've always liked this story and I think the NRA is taking the position of the old bull. The NRA takes it time and thinks long term. It's also gotten more pro-gun legistlation passed, and anti-gun legislation killed, than any other 2A foundation out there. I'm perfectly willing to wait and let them handle this in their way.
mljdeckard December 18, 2012, 04:39 PM He hasn't broken anyone on anything yet. And even if he is pushing hard on budget talks, that does not equal he can also push them on other issues. If anything it means the opposite. He has a limited amount of political capitol, and so many aces to play. He needs to be very careful where he plays them.
The opposition are all over this like VULTURES. They are opportunistic GHOULS. I don't mind if the NRA waits until the bodies are in the ground to make their move.
.333 Nitro Express December 18, 2012, 05:00 PM I once again urge everyone to remain calm.
Here are a few thoughts that my help everyone do so:
1 - We are still in the shock and disbelief phase--the tragic mass-murder is just too recent, and the interested parties' ability to reason calmly has not yet been fully regained. I know mine isn't yet. The time to have a rational conversation is not yet at hand--and when and if the time comes, the NRA will be there.
2 - A great part of the NRA-ILA's duties is to combat anti-gun legislation. As far as I know, none has been meaningfully proposed. What you have now is just a bunch of chest-thumping from the "let-no-crisis-go-to-waste" ghouls, which bears no serious response (especially at this stage) from the NRA.
3 - If you really think about it, why should the NRA make a statement anyway? The NRA promotes gun safety, and the ILA America's second-amendment rights. Neither of them have (strictly speaking) anything to do with a pizza-faced creep going on a mass-murdering spree. If such were not the case, every time a gun is used in a sensationalized murder, the NRA would have to make a statement--which would be absurd and tantamount to a tacit admission of guilt by association.
4 - Fortunately, it is not only Republicans (i.e., the surrender Monkeys of current American politics) who are concerned about not alienating the pro-gun vote. A great number of Democrats are too.
5 - +1 to the suggestion to call Midway, order yourself a wee gift, and donate something to the NRA.
Keep your chin up, everyone.
Pronghorn19 December 18, 2012, 05:01 PM time to take off the gloves gentlemen, this will be a tough one. But we will win.
mljdeckard December 18, 2012, 05:35 PM A lot of people seem to be forgetting a few things.
When Obama took office in 2009, 60 some-odd DEMOCRAT congressmen sent a letter to the Attorney General and the White house saying that they would not vote for any new gun legislation. Very little has changed since then. If you have headlines saying a handful of congresscritturs have flipped, that still doesn't add up to much. This is a cat puffing out its fur and tail to look bigger. There is only so much they can do.
I also agree with the sentiment in post #39. Feinstein has introduced the same bill probably 20 times. It has never made it out of committee. To HER, making it out of committee would be a victory. This may well have more steam than the previous 20 times, but it's still heck and gone from passing. Be smart. Stay informed. Support (at least) the NRA. DON'T PANIC.
R.W.Dale December 18, 2012, 06:57 PM A lot of people seem to be forgetting a few things.
When Obama took office in 2009, 60 some-odd DEMOCRAT congressmen sent a letter to the Attorney General and the White house saying that they would not vote for any new gun legislation.
Is that something like the no new tax pledge the Republicans joined on?
You must not watch politics much
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CmdrSlander December 18, 2012, 07:04 PM They just released an official statement, respectfully submitted below:
NRA STATEMENT
The National Rifle Association of America is made up of four million moms and dads, sons and daughters – and we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown . . .
Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have given time for
mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting.
The NRA is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.
The NRA is planning to hold a major news conference in the Washington, DC area on Friday, December 21.
Details will be released to the media at the appropriate time.
Source: http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/daniel-zimmerman/nra-releases-statement-on-sandy-hill-elementary-massacre/
robhof December 18, 2012, 07:17 PM ABC news is already having one of it's reporters calling Walmarts and other major companies that sell Bushmasters and asking if they'll continue to sell the child killing guns. I never saw a need for an AR frame gun til now and several High capacity mags. Merry Christmas to me and I'll be checking with all my friends, warning them of the pending ban.:cuss::banghead::fire:
mljdeckard December 18, 2012, 08:22 PM Diane Feinstein does not make me nervous. She is doing what she has always done. If a dozen more people than normal follow her, that is not a revolution. Calm. Down.
guyfromohio December 18, 2012, 08:40 PM NRA isn't going to win this in a liberal media (yes, even Fox). They're going to win this by doing what they do best.... Securing support in the legislature. I don't want to see NRA leadership on Meet The Press.... I want to see them in the halls of the capitol.
k_dawg December 18, 2012, 08:40 PM With our media, there is nothing they can say which will advance their cause.
If they said "We like cute kittens", MSNBX will imply they're firing up the gas chambers for school children.
If they say their condolences, CBX will say they're reloading to gun down more women.
If they say they wish to discuss, ABX will say they're mowing down crowds of elderly with machine guns.
And the majority of people who are not NRA members will believe it 100%
That is the sad reality of our media today.
hso December 18, 2012, 10:38 PM Activism isn't for rants.
The posting requirements explain you have to present a specific plan of action with information that allows others to actually carry out that plan. "Call the NRA" doesn't.
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