Chuck has never had my respect in his positions with the NRA, First he was elected in violation of the by-laws, then he made the various statements about "assault rifles" and then the part he had in deciding that the NRA convention should be cut way back. Don't forget, he was one of the big name actors that was pushing for the GCA of '68.
The NRA convention should have never been scheduled for Denver in the first place. Then after the Littleton shootings they should have said;
"No matter what we do regarding the convention, it will be wrong in your eyes. If we hold it, you will say we don't care about those children. If we don't hold it, you will say that we have admitted our guilt for those shootings. If we cut it back, you will say both things. So, we are going to hold the convention as we had scheduled for over a year.
It has been the NRA that has promoted gun safety training, the NRA that has promoted the award winning Eddie the Eagle training program for young children. It has been the NRA that has had a large part in training police officers and civilaians to shoot safely. It has been the NRA that has been pushing for more federal prosecutions of felonies committed with a firearm, not the press, not the ACLU, not HCI, not the President or the Attorney General.
We, the NRA, decry the events in Littleton, but it was not the NRA that convinced those two young men to attack their classmates with firearms, and it was not the NRA that convinced them to attack with bombs. It was not the NRA that convinced them that they should adore Hitler, it was not the NRA that convinced them to become alienated from the rest of the students and it was not the NRA that committed the attack.
Our convention will continue as planned. Your attacks on us will strenghten our resolve to continue our fight to protect the Second Amendment. No more compromise from the NRA. We will be resolute and defend all our rights."
Of course the namby pambys in the NRa would never have the balls to say something like this. I'll keep my Life memebership but my respect for them has dropped greatly for their decisions in Denver.
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Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
[This message has been edited by Jim V (edited May 02, 1999).]
