NRA may shut down

Discussion in 'Gun Control' started by Ronstar, Mar 29, 2019.

  1. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    Don't blame me, I knew he was soft on gun rights (as a NYC liberal), and I voted against him twice.
     
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    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    I agree. I voted against Trump twice, because I knew he was going to be soft on gun rights.
     
  3. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    AMTRAK doesn't allow carrying guns. They don't even allow knives in checked luggage.(which the airlines do allow). That said, they also don't do many inspections at least of carry-ons.

    http://aliengearholsters.com/blog/concealed-carry-amtrak-train/
     
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    And yet the only other option available was Hillary Clinton. Is it being claimed by yourself that Hillary Clinton would have been a better option for president of the united states?
     
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    1) Please quote where I said anything remotely like that. Don't worry, we'll all wait.
    2) Pointing out that he's nothing to get excited over or that his record on the 2a, or the normal function of the executive, is in the negatives does not equate to saying "President Hillary would've been better".
    3) There were substantially more options than Hillary. 47% left hand amputated 48% right hand amputated 5% suffer the common cold. Which percentage are you hoping for? If its right or left hand amputated you're beyond my ability to aid you.
    4) Its sort of telling that all I do is point out a fact about Trump, that he's wiped his ass with the Constitution, specifically the 2a and proper functioning of the executive, and you leap to "o so it should be President Hillary then?". Take your partisan blinders off, its disgusting.
     
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    When it comes to federal judges, we had two choices,

    Judges like Kagan and Sotomayor

    or Judges like Kavanaugh and Gorsuch

    it was no contest.
     
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    See above.
     
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    'My votes for president invariably are based on my intimate understanding of the federal judiciary and picking the person most likely to appoint pro-gun judges. I think I was right this time.
     
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    Most of the anti gun arguments are coming from people who vote for Democrats and hate the fact that the NRA usually supports the opposition.
     
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    She also is well aware that the NRA are trying to infiltrate Australian party politics to water down our gun laws which it sees as a threat to US guns laws.
     
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    I am also concerned about the spread of NRA misinformation on social media
     
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    In the era of fake news, when even the known media outlets are deliberately putting out false narratives rather than true facts, how can anyone ever hope to verify what is factual information, and what is not?
     
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    Of course the left would love to take down the preeminent organization that fights for our rights. That is what fascists do.
     
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    Yes, the left would love to take the first amendment away too.
     
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    For those who are eagerly celebrating the potential end of the NRA, it would appear the celebrations were entirely premature. The NRA is reporting that it is not only back, but its membership levels have climbed to the highest ever seen, around five and one half million members.

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/nra-is-back-highest-ever-membership

    The National Rifle Association has recovered from a membership drop after President Trump’s 2016 election and is now at the highest levels ever in its history.


    New figures put the membership at approximately 5.5 million.


    Typically the gun lobby membership dips after elections, especially in nonelection years like this year. But officials said it is “holding steady” at unusually high levels, an indication that members are steeling for the upcoming presidential election.

    “Keeping our numbers so steady is a great sign for us in an off election year,” said a spokesman. “What’s important is that we have great potential for growth in the coming months,” he added.


    The membership surge since the 2016 drop-off has helped the Virginia-based Second Amendment advocacy group recover financially and dismiss reports that it was near bankruptcy.


    The positive news for the NRA comes amid lingering concerns about a costly New York fight. It prompted Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre to write a letter to supporters warning of a negative court ruling.


    But some NRA officials said that the case is going well and they expect an eventual victory.


    The most recent spike in membership came after the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which prompted several Washington lawmakers to renew calls for gun control and an assault weapons ban.


    The NRA’s membership numbers indicate that the gun control advocates overreached and actually helped the group, while winning nothing from Washington.


    Many new gun advocates signed up as annual NRA members after the latest gun control fight and have since continued their membership.


    What’s more, there are expectations that membership in the NRA will continue to grow going into the 2020 elections that will pit NRA fan Trump against gun control Democrats. The group is just at the beginning of its series of annual events around the country where new members typically join, such as the upcoming April 26-28 national convention in Indianapolis.
     
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    More Progressive/Liberal pap.

    Lockton pulled Carry Guard out of New York and is still doing just fine, the only people effected by the actions of Cuomo are those who live in New York.
     
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    Based on that statement it's quite clear you are quite uninformed about Obama's attacks on law abiding gun owners.
     
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    Here in the democrats petri dish, California, many restrictions have been imposed.
     
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    Of which there is none.
     
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    Really???

    It is a well recognised playbook that is repeated daily here

    Here are some of those myths

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    Here are some more

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    Do you want me to continue?
     
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    Yes, continue all you want, nothing of what you posted has anything to do with the NRA, as such you have totally blown you specious claim about the NRA out of the water.

    Please keep up the good work of totally discrediting yourself for all to see.
     
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    This is gun control propaganda and devoid of fact.

    Background checks delay many people who ultimately are approved to buy guns at a later time.

    The few outright denials that happen are generally overturned on appeal. Bad guys don't get their guns through dealers.
     
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    Or they are murdered waiting for an approval from the government to own one.

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    "Carol Bowne knew her best shot at defending herself from a violent ex was a gun, and not a piece of paper. And it was paperwork that left her unprotected when Michael Eitel showed up at her New Jersey home last week and stabbed her to death, say Second Amendment advocates, who charge local police routinely sit on firearms applications they are supposed to rule on within 30 days.

    Bowne, 39, had a restraining order against Eitel when he killed her in her driveway last Wednesday, but she was still waiting for Berlin Township Police Chief Leonard Check to approve the gun permit she had applied for on April 21. Tragically, she had gone to the township police department just two days before her death to check on the status of her languishing application. In another indication of her fear of Eitel, Bowne had recently installed surveillance cameras around her home, and the equipment recorded the 45-year-old ex-con attacking her as she arrived home and got out of her car."

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/no-one-helped-her-nj-woman-murdered-by-ex-while-awaiting-gun-permit
     
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