I just don't get why the NRA gets blamed for all the gun problems. I don't know of any other group who is being demonized like the NRA is today, for actions of people that are in no way connected to the NRA!. The NRA simply holds a political opinion and actually does a lot of work to cut back gun violence, but somehow they are blamed for some individual whacko shooting people. I just don't see the corelation. You would think that the NRA mailed him the gun, trained him to shoot, gave him the ammo, patted him on the back and sent him into the building to kill people. (Of course no one talks about all the good people that have their rights protected by the NRA and are able to stop a crimes with their guns).
ABC news reports that "Atlanta was going to sue the gun industry for the costs of gun crime, but the NRA mustered it's forces and pushed a bill through that stopped the possibility of the suit....now Atlantans are upset at the NRA..." They also shocked me when one female newscaster turns to the other and says "....and a gun control measure just failed, what more proof do they need (that we should enact more gun control)...?"
Already they are blaming the NRA for this as if somehow the fact that gun manufacturers can't be sued is to blame for this trajedy. Tom Selleck hit the nail on the head when he said that the NRA is being demonized for it's political opinon as if it were the evil of the nation.
I was also appaled at the editorial comments by the newscasters. They weren't even beating around the bush, they literally said "the gun control measure just failed...what more proof do they need, this is getting out of hand and we need to do something...blah blah blah". Excuse me, but when did newscasters start giving out their political opinions?
I guess it is better that they just say what they feel instead of putting a slant on everything and subtly programming people.
One last obvious comment I must say abuot the NRA: people complain about "how powerful the NRA is", but there is only one reason that the NRA is so powerful: because lots and lots of people support the NRA and give them money! The NRA is the voice of millions of people. The NRA is not an evil corporation or somthing that exists just to push it's views, they are speaking for millions of Americans that are willing to give their time and money to have their views heard. They SHOULD be powerful, they represent a heck of a lot of voters!
[This message has been edited by thaddeus (edited July 30, 1999).]
ABC news reports that "Atlanta was going to sue the gun industry for the costs of gun crime, but the NRA mustered it's forces and pushed a bill through that stopped the possibility of the suit....now Atlantans are upset at the NRA..." They also shocked me when one female newscaster turns to the other and says "....and a gun control measure just failed, what more proof do they need (that we should enact more gun control)...?"
Already they are blaming the NRA for this as if somehow the fact that gun manufacturers can't be sued is to blame for this trajedy. Tom Selleck hit the nail on the head when he said that the NRA is being demonized for it's political opinon as if it were the evil of the nation.
I was also appaled at the editorial comments by the newscasters. They weren't even beating around the bush, they literally said "the gun control measure just failed...what more proof do they need, this is getting out of hand and we need to do something...blah blah blah". Excuse me, but when did newscasters start giving out their political opinions?
I guess it is better that they just say what they feel instead of putting a slant on everything and subtly programming people.
One last obvious comment I must say abuot the NRA: people complain about "how powerful the NRA is", but there is only one reason that the NRA is so powerful: because lots and lots of people support the NRA and give them money! The NRA is the voice of millions of people. The NRA is not an evil corporation or somthing that exists just to push it's views, they are speaking for millions of Americans that are willing to give their time and money to have their views heard. They SHOULD be powerful, they represent a heck of a lot of voters!
[This message has been edited by thaddeus (edited July 30, 1999).]