HCI / VPC anti NRA TV ad

D

dZ

New member
i saw it this am on the CBS morning show time slot

really poor production value
prolly made a bunch of suburban moms vote for Gore anyway.

Guns for Felons: How the NRA Works to Rearm Criminals http://www.vpc.org/newest.htm
The VPC today released Guns for Felons: How the NRA Works to Rearm Criminals. The 17-page study details the ways in
which the NRA has helped make guns available to convicted felons through the federal "relief from disability" program. The
study was released at an 11:00 AM press conference with: VPC Director of Federal Policy Kristen Rand; Senator Charles
Schumer (D-NY); Representative John Conyers (D-MI), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee; U.S. Representative
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY); and, Handgun Control, Inc. President Mike Barnes. New legislation entitled ENFORCE—Effective
National Firearms Objectives for Responsible, Common-sense Enforcement Act—introduced at the news conference would
shut down the National Rifle Association-backed guns-for-felons program once and for all.

"The `relief from disability' program has allowed thousands of convicted, often violent, felons to obtain guns—including
terrorists, murderers, and rapists. By documenting how the NRA has not only defended, but expanded, this program to include
gun criminals, this study exposes the NRA's rhetoric about keeping guns out of criminal hands as hollow and just plain false,"
said the VPC's Rand.

(Posted 03/21/2000)

VPC has an interesting Smith & Wesson page: http://www.vpc.org/press/0003smit.htm

dZ
 
For Immediate Release
03/22/00

The NRA's "PINOCCHIO" AWARDS: LYING LONGER AND LOUDER

(Washington, D.C.) In two consecutive weeks' worth of appearances on network television public affairs programs, NRA
spokespeople have quite possibly set a new standard in the millennium for on-the-record lies, dissemblances, fabrications
and distortions.

For the weeks of March 12 and March 19, 2000, National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston and Executive
Vice-President Wayne LaPierre made statements that flat-out contradict public record, deliberately misrepresent the past
actions of their organization and, in a breathtaking display of hubris, take credit for the most significant gun safety bill to have
passed into law in the past 30 years.

In the spirit of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences "Oscar" awards given out this week in Los Angeles for
excellence in filmmaking, we would like to present the NRA officers with the "Pinocchio" awards for their skill in hiding the
truth:

In the category of most blatant statements contradictory to the public record, the winner is NRA President Charlton Heston,
for his appearance on ABC's "This Week," March 19, 2000:

CHARLTON HESTON: We're in favor of the Brady Bill as it stands now. To a large extent, we drew it up in its
current form.
SAM DONALDSON: Mr. Heston, the NRA opposed the Brady Bill.
COKIE ROBERTS: At the time.
HESTON: No, we supported the Brady...
DONALDSON: Once it was passed...
HESTON: We opposed it at the beginning and we were a large factor in the language of the bill.

The truth: When it appeared the Brady bill would become the Brady Law, the NRA dropped the appearances of opposition,
and watered it down with amendments such as a "sunset" clause for the waiting period included in the bill, and a provision
for an "instant check" which at that time was not feasible and promoted the convenience of the gun buyer over the safety of
the citizen. As James Brady himself said in a statement to Washington's WTOP Radio, "It's called the Brady Law, not the
Heston Law."
http://www.handguncontrol.org/press/release.asp?Record=134

dZ
 
Did I miss something? Did Heston claim to have made changes that the anti-gunners liked? I believe he said the Brady Bill, and that's exactly what it appears they did help write. Though I have to say, I still think we'd be better off arguing Clinton's claim of all the hundreds of thousands of "dangerous felons" he's supposedly stopped. This course will be regrettable soon when they resort to to trying to "out-gun-control" Clinton and his ilk. Maybe it already is.
 
The truth: When it appeared the Brady bill would become the Brady Law, the NRA dropped the appearances of opposition, and watered it down with amendments such as a "sunset" clause for the waiting period included in the bill, and a provision for an "instant check" which at that time was not feasible and promoted the convenience of the gun buyer over the safety of the citizen.

Sooooo, I guess that as a GUN BUYER, I'm no longer a CITIZEN? Gee, does that mean I don't have to pay TAXES anymore?

Notice how the anti's must demonize and marginalize their opposition, since their FACTS are non-existant. (And they know it!)


[This message has been edited by Dennis Olson (edited March 23, 2000).]
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top