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May 24 Neal Knox Report -- While I was visiting with old
friends at the NRA convention in Charlotte, the House approved Rep.
John Hostettler's (R-Ind.) amendment to the $310 billion defense
bill prohibiting using the funds to give preferential treatment to
any company -- i.e. Smith & Wesson.
In a typical bit of nonsense, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
declared "This is precedent-setting language that would prevent the
armed services from getting the best equipment."
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As expected, the NRA Board of Directors reelected Charlton
Heston as President Monday, and continued other officers in their
present positions.
New directors were introduced and sworn in, and with little
other fanfare, the meeting ended in one day, with a minimum of
discussion of NRA's business -- leaving it in the hands of the
staff.
By adjournment, many of the new directors, including 76th
Director Louise Mandrell, were already gone. In fact, she was
out of there by lunch.
There were only two questions that disrupted the unanimity of
thought -- which was so pervasive that a reporter asked me about
it.
Newly reelected David Caplan asked if NRA desired a future
Bernard Goetz to be prosecuted under Federal law for lawfully
defending himself on a New York subway with an unlawfully possessed
firearm. The question was quickly shunted aside; I don't know if
it was discussed in secret during a long executive session.
One topic in the secret session was the renaming of The
American Guardian to "America's First Freedom" and the total
overhaul of the content of the NRA's popular new half-million
circulation magazine without any discussion by the Board or
Publications Committee (which had created it after great debate).
I know several directors didn't think it was a smart move --
and some thought it was a slap in the face of the "Board of
Decorations" to not ask, or even advise, the board during the
January meeting (when the change was all but complete).
At the conclusion of the executive session 1st V.P. Kayne
Robinson announced the board had ratified "the action of the
Executive Committee" in "changing the name."
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The media continues to claim there were 750,000 at the
"Million Mom March," which has now set up a 501(c)(4) non-profit
political operation and a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible educational
foundation.
Virginia Libertarian Party Director Marc Montoni points out
that the Park Service says they had about 350 buses, which would be
20,000 people at most, that 10,000 may have come in cars, and that
there were only 80,000 extra Metro riders on that beautiful May
Sunday.
So he concluded "110,000 is not a million." He forgot that
Metro rides were counted riding in and out of downtown, as Jay and
I and other attendees at the Second Amendment Sisters march also
did. So there were only 40,000 extra riders that day.
I don't think there were even 100,000 there. The overhead
photos, which were circulated on Capitol Hill before the Senate set
"750,000" in stone in Tom Daschle's 50-49-approved MMM
congratulatory resolution last week, make it obvious that 75,000 is
a generous count.
And we keep hearing that 12 "children" per day die of
gunshots. "Child" is usually defined as pre-pubescent, a pre-teen.
But among those under 15, the Centers for Disease Control says the
correct count is about 1.7 per day -- not 12.
When the issue is guns, who expects the media to tell the
truth?
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Maybe its better reporting, but we're hearing of increasing
numbers of shootings and self-defense uses of guns. Over the
weekend, homeowners in Charlotte and Salt Lake City shot and killed
intruders and in Arlington, Texas, a 68-year-old licensed carrier
reported drawing on a handgun-armed robber who undoubtedly thought
that senior citizen was an easy mark.
"Are you sure you want to go through with this," the Korean
War vet asked. The robber fled.
------------------
Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...
"That which binds us together is infinitely greater than that on which we disagree" - Neal Knox
I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!
friends at the NRA convention in Charlotte, the House approved Rep.
John Hostettler's (R-Ind.) amendment to the $310 billion defense
bill prohibiting using the funds to give preferential treatment to
any company -- i.e. Smith & Wesson.
In a typical bit of nonsense, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
declared "This is precedent-setting language that would prevent the
armed services from getting the best equipment."
------------
As expected, the NRA Board of Directors reelected Charlton
Heston as President Monday, and continued other officers in their
present positions.
New directors were introduced and sworn in, and with little
other fanfare, the meeting ended in one day, with a minimum of
discussion of NRA's business -- leaving it in the hands of the
staff.
By adjournment, many of the new directors, including 76th
Director Louise Mandrell, were already gone. In fact, she was
out of there by lunch.
There were only two questions that disrupted the unanimity of
thought -- which was so pervasive that a reporter asked me about
it.
Newly reelected David Caplan asked if NRA desired a future
Bernard Goetz to be prosecuted under Federal law for lawfully
defending himself on a New York subway with an unlawfully possessed
firearm. The question was quickly shunted aside; I don't know if
it was discussed in secret during a long executive session.
One topic in the secret session was the renaming of The
American Guardian to "America's First Freedom" and the total
overhaul of the content of the NRA's popular new half-million
circulation magazine without any discussion by the Board or
Publications Committee (which had created it after great debate).
I know several directors didn't think it was a smart move --
and some thought it was a slap in the face of the "Board of
Decorations" to not ask, or even advise, the board during the
January meeting (when the change was all but complete).
At the conclusion of the executive session 1st V.P. Kayne
Robinson announced the board had ratified "the action of the
Executive Committee" in "changing the name."
------------
The media continues to claim there were 750,000 at the
"Million Mom March," which has now set up a 501(c)(4) non-profit
political operation and a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible educational
foundation.
Virginia Libertarian Party Director Marc Montoni points out
that the Park Service says they had about 350 buses, which would be
20,000 people at most, that 10,000 may have come in cars, and that
there were only 80,000 extra Metro riders on that beautiful May
Sunday.
So he concluded "110,000 is not a million." He forgot that
Metro rides were counted riding in and out of downtown, as Jay and
I and other attendees at the Second Amendment Sisters march also
did. So there were only 40,000 extra riders that day.
I don't think there were even 100,000 there. The overhead
photos, which were circulated on Capitol Hill before the Senate set
"750,000" in stone in Tom Daschle's 50-49-approved MMM
congratulatory resolution last week, make it obvious that 75,000 is
a generous count.
And we keep hearing that 12 "children" per day die of
gunshots. "Child" is usually defined as pre-pubescent, a pre-teen.
But among those under 15, the Centers for Disease Control says the
correct count is about 1.7 per day -- not 12.
When the issue is guns, who expects the media to tell the
truth?
---------
Maybe its better reporting, but we're hearing of increasing
numbers of shootings and self-defense uses of guns. Over the
weekend, homeowners in Charlotte and Salt Lake City shot and killed
intruders and in Arlington, Texas, a 68-year-old licensed carrier
reported drawing on a handgun-armed robber who undoubtedly thought
that senior citizen was an easy mark.
"Are you sure you want to go through with this," the Korean
War vet asked. The robber fled.
------------------
Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...
"That which binds us together is infinitely greater than that on which we disagree" - Neal Knox
I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!