NRA Paradox

[NineseveN]

NRA and the NFA of 1934:

"The NRA supported The National Firearms Act of 1934 which taxes and requires registration of such firearms as machine guns, sawed-off rifles and sawed-off shotguns. ... NRA support of Federal gun legislation did not stop with the earlier Dodd bills. It currently backs several Senate and House bills which, through amendment, would put new teeth into the National and Federal Firearms Acts."

"The NRA supported The Federal Firearms Act of 1938, which regulates interstate and foreign commerce in firearms and pistol or revolver ammunition..."


"The NRA supported the original 'Dodd Bill' to amend the Federal Firearms Act in regard to handguns when it was introduced as S.1975 in August, 1963. Among its provisions was the requirement that a purchaser submit a notarized statement to the shipper that he was over 18 and not legally disqualified from possessing a handgun."

"In January, 1965, with the continued support of the NRA, Senator Dodd introduced an amended version of his first bill, now designated 5.14 and expanded to cover rifles and shotguns as well as handguns."


-American Rifleman, March 1968, P. 22-23





Let it be known, I don't have opriginal copies of the issue, so this may not be entirely accurate. I am still trying to track down a copy without paying an arm and a leg. This info can be found on the www FWIW.

 

[medmo]

NineseveN..... I finally get your point. For you everything is an ALL or NOTHING proposition. If the rest of us lived by those principles we would all have NOTHING mostly. It must be a lot of fun living in your head. How simple everything must be for you. That goes back to my previous opinion of narrow mindedness. I don't think you'll ever send in the check which reinforces my other previous opinion of tight wad.

From all of the opinions you have posted you obviously have no use for the NRA. You keep mentioning shooting sports and hunting as if they are vile activities. Hunting and sport shooting is what a lot of gun owners and 2nd Amendment advocates due with their guns. I'm guessing that if you had the ability to make the NRA disappear you would do so immediately. Do you think that would improve the situation for gun owners and supporters of The 2nd Amendment? Think for at least a minute and weigh both the positive and negative consequences before deciding.

 

[NineseveN]

Medmo, give it a rest, you act like I just spit on your grandmother...and you make too many assumptions.

You're right, when it comes to my inalienable rights, your goddamn right there is no compromise. Spare me the candy corn rhetoric about compromise. What kind of a person doesn't get it? There is no compromise on our rights, you either havr the absolute right to keep and bears arms without infringement, or you don't. Here's a clue, the Constitution says we do, but because of all the garbage gun legislation and a blatant disregard for the Constitution, we don't...and the NRA had a part in that through these compromises made on our behalf. I am sure they had the best of intentions, but they just don't get it. Neither do you. Those that would accept their rights being compromised at the end of a sword, or even a pen, would live as slaves...

That goes back to my previous opinion of narrow mindedness.

Pot, kettle, hypocrite.

I don't think you'll ever send in the check which reinforces my other previous opinion of tight wad.

Because I won't send a check to the organization of your choosing, I am a tight wad? You're silly.

From all of the opinions you have posted you obviously have no use for the NRA.

Someone give this kid a cookie.

You keep mentioning shooting sports and hunting as if they are vile activities. Hunting and sport shooting is what a lot of gun owners and 2nd Amendment advocates due with their guns

Nothing wrong with either (not too fond of hunting personally, but for some, it's a nice thing no doubt), but neither of them have ANYTHING to do with the Second Amendment. Now, either counter that, or leave it alone. Thanks for playing.

I'm guessing that if you had the ability to make the NRA disappear you would do so immediately.

You're guessing wrong, and obviously purposefully. I never said the NRA should go away, I think they are an excellent advocacy group for shooting sports, hunting, firearms safety and training. There are many people that are in need of such a group, the NRA does a fine job, but that's where it ends.

Do you think that would improve the situation for gun owners and supporters of The 2nd Amendment? Think for at least a minute and weigh both the positive and negative consequences before deciding.

I think it would degrade things for those that are members of and support the NRA, but if they went away, perhaps some of their non-appeasement talent could move on to an organization that actually cares about the Second Amendment more than itself.

 

[LawDog]

Enough. Until some manners and common courtesy are learned, nobody is going to play on this thread.

Locked, for discourtesy, barnyard manners and mud-slinging.

LawDog