NRA, Gun dealers and manufacturers are cutting their own throats!

[usmarine0352_2005]

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First off I agree with the below comic and realize that there is a time to mourn and a time afterwards to discuss. But by not making a statement the NRA is getting chewed up. The NRA also stopped tweeting and even closed their Facebook account which makes them look bad in my opinion. They stated, "We won't make a comment until all of the facts are known." Which I think was a poor statement. They could have said, "Our hearts go out to those killed in Connecticut, and we will make a statement at the appropriate time." There was a recent article which I can't find, but it talks about how the NRA's silence is hurting them and making them look guilty. Also, some gun manufacturers are cutting their own throats by immediately selling out. It makes them look bad. Dick's Sporting Goods has even suspended their sale of semi-auto rifles. This isn't helping the 2nd Amendment cause in my mind.


I think immediately selling your company that makes guns, stopping the sales of guns, and being silent are hurting the 2nd Amendment cause.



What do you think?









http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/news/cerberus-bushmaster/

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Cerberus to sell gunmaker after massacre

By Mark Thompson @CNNMoney December 18, 2012: 7:56 AM ET

LONDON (CNNMoney)
Private equity firm Cerberus has put U.S. firearms maker Freedom Group up for sale following Friday's killing of 20 children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut.

Freedom Group includes Bushmaster, maker of the rifle used in the shooting at the school in Newtown. Cerberus bought Bushmaster in 2006 before adding another 10 makers of firearms, ammunition and accessories to the group.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/1218/No-NRA-tweets-or-comments-A-savvy-tactic-or-mistake

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No NRA tweets or comments: A savvy tactic or mistake?


By Philip Elliott, Associated Press / December 18, 2012

In an unusual move, the NRA has gone silent on the Newtown, Conn. shooting. The National Rifle Association has taken down its Facebook page too. As the gun control debate heats up, is the NRA being tactically savvy?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...071d96-4924-11e2-8af9-9b50cb4605a7_story.html

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Dick’s Sporting Goods suspends sales of modern rifles, takes guns off display at Conn. store

By Associated Press,

PITTSBURGH — A sporting goods chain says it’s suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut.

Dick’s Sporting Goods also says it’s removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place.
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[mljdeckard]

I don't think there is a shortage of pro-gun voices right now. I don't know it is a bad move to back off and conglomerate their feces.

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

Are there any pro gun faces saying anything?

 

[Sam1911]

The NRA has announced that it will begin the counterattack on Friday. (After pausing for a respectful space of time so as not to add to the cacophony of shrieking in the midst of everyone's grief and anger.)

Get ready for a rumble!

 

[mnrivrat]

Are there any pro gun faces saying anything?

You might want to consider who controls the pulpit . The media has their big dogs ready to ambush pro gun speakers, and THEY control the time, the talk, and the edit . Careful before you agree to come to their house and speak under their rules when it comes to discussing anything.

 

[Sky]

Careful before you agree to come to their house and speak under their rules when it comes to discussing anything

Yep some are wise not to play the scripted before hand interview

 

[Mrdinks]

I think they were smart to lay low and let the dust settle. I think the left wing nut jobs should have remained silent also. There will be time to settle this.


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[Trueno]

First off I agree with the below comic and realize that there is a time to mourn and a time afterwards to discuss. But by not making a statement the NRA is getting chewed up.

By who? Are members leaving the NRA in droves?
Mourn or discuss, make up your mind.

The NRA also stopped tweeting and even closed their Facebook account which makes them look bad in my opinion. They stated, "We won't make a comment until all of the facts are known." Which I think was a poor statement.

This is a joke, right? If they HAD said something sympathetic they would've been called liars.



Are you a member of the NRA?

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[fxstchewy]

I gave to the NRA yesterday.........

 

[CraigC]

What the NRA has done impresses me.

What Dick's Sporting Goods and Cerberus have done turns my stomach but that might be okay. I don't think the had our best interests at heart anyway.

Every gun emporium I went to today was really busy.

 

[LubeckTech]

The Anti-Gunners have shown what royal SUMBAGS they are!!!
They started to politicize this before the bodies of these kids were even removed from the scene. I think the NRA did the right thing. For the Antis it is about their political agenda and they have NO concern for the victims in fact they act like they are glad it happened. Socialism sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MachIVshooter]

The Anti-Gunners have shown what royal SUMBAGS they are!!!
They started to politicize this before the bodies of these kids were even removed from the scene.

Removed? They were still bleeding when the grandstanding started.

 

[fatcat4620]

Cerberus only cares about money. That's what they do. They would sell their grandmother's soul if it would provide a dividend for the quarter.

 

[JFtheGR8]

The Anti-Gunners have shown what royal SUMBAGS they are!!!
They started to politicize this before the bodies of these kids were even removed from the scene. I think the NRA did the right thing. For the Antis it is about their political agenda and they have NO concern for the victims in fact they act like they are glad it happened. Socialism sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wholeheartedly agree with this post.


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[Onmilo]

Capitulation and surrender are two things one must NEVER do when a fight is offered!

 

[JFtheGR8]

Capitulation and surrender are two things one must NEVER do when a fight is offered!

Agreed. However timing is everything. Many more details and facts are now available. Now we get to criticize the left for a knee jerk reaction full of emotion and not engaging in a meaningful dialect.


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[lionking]

We must be very thought out how we speak out. Sound bites like "guns don't kill, people do" won't go over well to the on the fence citizen. Neither will claiming they are for over throwing a tyrannical government when on the fence citizens take that as a insult to a government they consider by the people, as do I still consider it to be.

They the anti's are going to try to portray us as caring more about guns than children , and heartless paranoids clinging to our guns.

Most Americans support the right to own firearms but many Americans are not diehard enthusiasts and we must show ourselves to be the positive position in their eyes.

When asked why we need something, I think we should show examples how criminals are heavily armed and how government can't protect us from them. I don't think we should be saying things like " it is to protect us from a government gone tyranny" because even if that is the essence of the 2nd amendment that argument isn't going to fly with the average American.

And we should jump at being leaders to promoting better mental health care and support taxes for it , I know some here dislike the thought of taxes but in this case I support it as long as it isn't a special tax on gun owners.

 

[JFtheGR8]

I think the dialect should gravitate toward mental health issues. We should point out the creation of jobs with mental health programs vs. eliminating jobs with an assault weapons ban as well.


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[Sock Puppet]

I believe the NRA has done, and is doing, the right thing. They are very smart and very well seasoned in this game, and I trust them to handle it in the proper way. I'm way past criticizing their every move, and will let them do their job. I'll never follow blindly...but the NRA knows what they are doing.

 

[snakeman]

Cerberus sux anyways! Since cerberus and freedom group, remington and marlin went to crap! I know that's somewhat off topic, but it's still true. What I hope for is that someone who is capable of turning these companies around buys them quickly and I also hope that the anti's lift their ban on common sense! Lord knows they need to find some of that somewhere.