NRA only wants your money

Sikh Temple: In the Wake of Yet Another Massacre, What Will it Take to Stop the Gun Madness?

The reason we can't have a sane, adult discussion of how to cut down on random gun violence is simple: the NRA has hoodwinked gun owners.
By Joshua Holland August 7, 2012 |

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How the NRA Dupes Gun Owners for Political and Economic Gain

Th idea that someone wants to grab Americans' guns couldn't be further from reality. The truth is that Americans' right to own firearms has never been more secure at any time in our nation's history. A series of Supreme Court decisions – notably a 2010 decision that settled, in gun owners' favor, decades of debate about whether the Second Amendment was an individual right – effectively ended any question of banning firearms.

At the same time, Democrats determined that guns have become a culture-war issue they don't need to fight and can't win. Whereas just over a decade ago the federal government was enacting bans on assault rifles under Bill Clinton, in 2009 Barack Obama signed legislation into law that contained an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., opening up America’s national parks to concealed weapons.

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The NRA president's motives for lying to his members are clear: his fearmongering brings a windfall of fundraising to the organization and expands the market for the arms manufacturers -- his true base -- that finance much of the lobby’s work. As Alan Berlow wrote in Salon,“The only way to avert this calamity, the NRA’s 4 million members are told in daily email alerts, the organization’s various magazines and regular fundraising appeals, is if they all dig deep into their pockets and send money to the NRA.”

While a lot of gun owners are quite concerned, the arms industry is laughing all the way to the bank. Just after the 2008 election, the New York Times reported that “sales of handguns, rifles and ammunition have surged in the last week, according to gun store owners around the nation who describe a wave of buyers concerned that an Obama administration will curtail their right to bear arms.” A year later, CNN noted that “Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.”

Most Gun Owners Are Reasonable; Our Discourse About Guns Is Not

This bogus "gun-grabbers" narrative results in a discourse that is truly bizarre – one tilted toward a small minority of gun-nuts whose fantasy lives are wrapped up in heroic notions of fending off government “tyranny” with their deer rifles or saving the day by blowing away a crazed killer rather than what most gun owners see as a safe and reasonable way to balance the rights enshrined in the Second

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The horse left the barn many decades ago... closing the gate now is nothing but mental masturbation.

If you banned the sale of ALL; guns, ammunition, bullets, powder, primers, cartridges, etc. tomorrow - you need to realize that there are millions of guns (and said products) already in the hands of Americans.

How about we start locking the "mental cases" that are the people that go out and commit these crimes rather than point the finger at the big - bad - gun!

A firearm is a tool. Millions of Americans enjoy them and never harm anyone with them. Those people are called - "law abiding."

You are more likely to die in a car accident than by a gun. Well - unless you live in certain inter-city areas.

Life - it always has been and always will be - 100% fatal!

Murders By Firearms By Country in 2011:

USA: 9369

Canada 144

Australia: 59

Great Britain: 14

See? America is STILL number one at something!

WeenieTots wrote:

Murders By Firearms By Country in 2011:
USA: 9369
Canada 144
Australia: 59
Great Britain: 14
See? America is STILL number one at something!

Everyone thinks they are going to protect themselves with their firearms, it don't look like they are protecting themselves to well in the United States. We need a few more Gun Nut Republicans in the United States and this year the murder rate by firearms can be 20,000. The only answer to the problem is total and complete gun control.

I love my guns and you muzy rerrist can suck it

You'd love my 9-inch hogleg, too, Brenda. WTF is a "muzy rerrist?"

From the CDC Website:

Cigarette smoking causes about 1 of every 5 deaths in the United States each year. Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following:

•443,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke).

•49,400 deaths per year from secondhand smoke exposure.

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Murders - by Weenie's firearms = less than 10K?

So - you are five times more likely to die of second-hand smoke than a firearm.

Most of you should never get out of bed. You may be in DANGER!

LMAO!

WeenieTots wrote:

Murders By Firearms By Country in 2011:

USA: 9369

Canada 144

Australia: 59

Great Britain: 14

See? America is STILL number one at something!

Your numbers are made up loser!
Canada had 554 last year and they have less population!

So you want to tell me again how it works?

Remember 65 million legal gun owners killed zero people yesterday!

Chicago had a full ban on guns murder was still through the roof you moron!

How many legal gun owners kill people in Chicago zero!

It would not surprise me if we find out Eric Holder and his buddies are handed out guns to the gangbangers in Chicago just to make things worse!

Bubba Leroy Artifus Jones wrote:

<quoted text>Everyone thinks they are going to protect themselves with their firearms, it don't look like they are protecting themselves to well in the United States. We need a few more Gun Nut Republicans in the United States and this year the murder rate by firearms can be 20,000. The only answer to the problem is total and complete gun control.

Wow your good! No one agrees with you so you reply back and answer your own messages to give yourself support how pathetic!

I am a card carring member of the NRA and I agree that their motive in last several years is to raise money. Everytime I turn around I get another e-mail or phone call asking for more. I am retired, on a fixed income but they do not seem to get the hint.

I do think that we have to protect the 2nd Anemdment but is is clear that there must be some controls, types of guns, how much ammo one can purchase etc. That is NOT taking your guns away.

I shoot three times a month, I hunt and I am not concerned that the government is going to march into my home and take my guns.

Steeling my money in the form of more taxes is an entire different matter!

NRA Member wrote:

I am a card carring member of the NRA and I agree that their motive in last several years is to raise money. Everytime I turn around I get another e-mail or phone call asking for more. I am retired, on a fixed income but they do not seem to get the hint.

I do think that we have to protect the 2nd Anemdment but is is clear that there must be some controls, types of guns, how much ammo one can purchase etc. That is NOT taking your guns away.

I shoot three times a month, I hunt and I am not concerned that the government is going to march into my home and take my guns.

Steeling my money in the form of more taxes is an entire different matter!

I call bullshit on that one I'm a member and I never get phone calls or emails asking for money!

So that makes you a liar and one more democrat acting like a gun owner!

Bag of Bones wrote:

The horse left the barn many decades ago... closing the gate now is nothing but mental masturbation.
If you banned the sale of ALL; guns, ammunition, bullets, powder, primers, cartridges, etc. tomorrow - you need to realize that there are millions of guns (and said products) already in the hands of Americans.
How about we start locking the "mental cases" that are the people that go out and commit these crimes rather than point the finger at the big - bad - gun!
A firearm is a tool. Millions of Americans enjoy them and never harm anyone with them. Those people are called - "law abiding."
You are more likely to die in a car accident than by a gun. Well - unless you live in certain inter-city areas.
Life - it always has been and always will be - 100% fatal!

We should lock you up for being a complete buffoon in not realizing that mental cases are difficult to recognize.

Bob wrote:

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I call bullshit on that one I'm a member and I never get phone calls or emails asking for money!
So that makes you a liar and one more democrat acting like a gun owner!

Why would he even lie about it? It's true you dbag. My dad is one of one (which I hate) and he gets trashed a lot by em with numerous messages.

QUOTES: "mental cases are difficult to recognize."
"My dad is one of one (which I hate)"
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On the contrary - it's easy to see YOU are one.

So before you kill your father and drive to that mall to kill others - just do us all a favor. Put the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger FIRST!

Dave wrote:

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Wow your good! No one agrees with you so you reply back and answer your own messages to give yourself support how pathetic!

I wouldn't agree that "No One" agrees with me, the numbers that agree with me are growing every day, with every child and innocent person that is murdered by a Gun Nut. It would be really interesting to see how many of the crazies that killed a bunch of innocent persons voted "Republican" in any election. What the hell is next private ownership of Bazookas and Gernade launchers? Hell I can see a new way to shoot Deer, Bazookas and Gernade launchers, and maybe a few 50 caliber machine guns.