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Topic: NRA planning ‘the fight of
the century’ against Obama |
NRA planning ‘the fight of
the century’ against Obama
Washington Post, by Sari Horwitz
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Posted By:Drive, 1/16/2013 12:38:05 PM
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| The National Rifle Association cast its opposition to Obama’s plans as “the fight of the century” in a letter circulated at the 35th annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference, known in the trade as “the SHOT show,” in Las Vegas. “I warned you this day was coming and now it’s here,” Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s fiery executive vice president, wrote in a fund-raising letter to the group’s 4 million members. “It’s not about protecting your children. It’s not about stopping crime. It’s about banning your guns … PERIOD!”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Johnny Angle, 1/16/2013 12:42:00 PM (No. 9120149)
Where are the Republicans???????
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
killerbee, 1/16/2013 12:47:16 PM (No. 9120165)
#1: cowering in their hidey holes. Sadly, we´re pretty much unrepresented in the federal government in this struggle.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
irishwolfielady, 1/16/2013 1:03:00 PM (No. 9120213)
Just became a life member of Gun Owners of America.
IMHO it is a better organization than the NRA. I´m just a yearly member of nRA.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
shamrock, 1/16/2013 1:07:25 PM (No. 9120239)
Fine and dandy #3, but it is the NRA that is taking on the fight, up front and personal.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/16/2013 1:15:09 PM (No. 9120260)
It is up to us.
Call your representative.
Write letters to the editor of your local rag.
Speak out and speak up in public when the situation arises.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Hotrod, 1/16/2013 1:21:54 PM (No. 9120277)
The NRA is well worth joining. Even if you don´t hunt, the monthly magazine keeps you up to date on the political activities in Washington and each state. The GOA is also a good organization, but they don´t have the networks and infrastructure of the NRA. Join both!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
butch, 1/16/2013 2:43:40 PM (No. 9120456)
Wayne LaPierre´s letter to NRA members was excellent! The NRA isn´t going to take this lying down, and neither are we legal firearms owners. I read that the NRA has a quarter million new members over the past month alone.
Obama´s jumped the shark on this one. It was only a matter of time before Obama´s boundless hubris got the better of him, and that moment is approaching, fast.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rubinski, 1/16/2013 2:49:34 PM (No. 9120473)
Joined today--husband joined last month.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
RayLRiv, 1/16/2013 3:22:48 PM (No. 9120553)
As soon as I can afford it I am upgrading to a lifetime NRA membership. Last week I renewed my membership for three years...and I don´t even have a gun (yet.) I always enjoy reading NRA´s First Freedom...never thought in a million years it is now up to me as an NRA member to be actively ´on point´ in the fight to defend the 2nd Amendment from King Øbama.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bighambone, 1/16/2013 3:29:59 PM (No. 9120569)
What I heard Obama say this morning was that he wants the Congress to ban right away a class of firearms that Obama referred to as being "assault weapons". Depending how you define "assault weapons" could mean banning just about all modern semi-automatic handguns and rifles that are produced and sold in the USA today.
At the same time, Obama referred to the mentally ill, a criminally insane few of who perpetrated the recent mass shootings, as being "victims", and made no mention at all of the very violent movies, TV programs, and video games produced by the Hollywood and entertainment industries, that give young people in small towns like the one in Connecticut the ideas of what real violence is about, something they would never know about if they did not watch those violent movies, TV programs, and especially the very addictive violent video games.
I figure Obama would claim that he gave a "balanced" presentation, as the US small arms, related industries and the majority of gun enthusiasts are considered to be conservative Republican oriented constituency groups, with the Hollywood and entertainment industries along with the mental health and the mentally ill being liberal Democrat constituency groups.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
RoseOfTexas, 1/16/2013 6:45:32 PM (No. 9120946)
Y´all think the GOP will notice the increase in support for the NRA when they fight for the preservation of our Constitutional rights & start showing some backbone of their own in defense of the values they tell us they support?
Me neither.
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