Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumThe NRA’s War on America
Or as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said, The NRA is only powerful if you and I let them be powerful.
The NRA has morphed from a group that represented ordinary gun owners into a front group for the firearms industry, whose profits are increasingly dependent on the sale of military-bred weapons like assault rifles.
Todays NRA also stands astride some of the ugliest currents in our politics, combining the Astroturf activism of the Tea Party, the unlimited and undisclosed dark money of groups like Crossroads GPS, and the sham legislating of groups like the American Legislative Council.
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/12/14/the-nras-war-on-america-2/
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)you dislike the 1st Amendment as much as you dislike the 2nd Amendment.
Which military uses semi-auto rifles as it's primary weapon? Could you point it out on a map?
Straw Man
(6,613 posts)The Bermuda Regiment (British territorial defense force) used to use the Ruger Mini-14. I'm not sure why. They're changing over to the H&K G36 with full-auto capability.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)I'm kidding, of course.
DonP
(6,185 posts)... Perhaps 3 Colorado legislators would still have their seats.
"The tide is turning ...!"
Yeah, sure it is.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Consortium News went down hill over the past ten years. Now it looks like Fox Left. It used to be good. Is that what passes for journalism? It is actually worse than the WaPo one. All this clown did is regurgitate bits from other sources he or she already agreed with. I don't see any evidence of fact checking or original research. Plus, he/she used loaded language, a clear sign of propaganda, not information.
Speaking of Astro Turf, see MAIG and MDA. According to emails from NYC servers (MAIG uses NYC government servers, and official email addresses) obtained by a NY FOIL request (aka FOIA) Bloomberg hired former Monsanto PR executive Shannan Watts to create a "gun control version of MADD." Gary Hart approached them about creating a "gun owners for sane gun laws." They didn't like Hart.
Do you know that Bloomberg's chief of staff, a NYC employee, and Mark Glaze talked about on the day of Newtown?
Then there was the pissing match between MAIG and Brady, seems MAIG didn't like Brady poaching their celebrities for ads.
ileus
(15,396 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)That change in the NRA didn't spring forth from the head of Zeus. Something caused it.
It's always best to liberalize rights then to restrict them. Controller/banners have, to give credit when it is due, contributed mightily to the former, though they will never own up to it.