NRA - Never Again

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I'm off the band wagon. I kept supporting the NRA regardless of what they did including the recent backroom deal with obama/reid/pelosi to limit political free speech with a special exemption for the NRA which failed Thank God. With November comming I reached my limit. The article linked from Newsmax dated 10-7-10 entitled "Republicans Riled as NRA Endorses Some Democrat Incumbants" shows how, in my opinion, the NRA is a sell out http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Repu...0/07/id/372960 What a coincidence, I just received a letter from the money grubbers today - My response sent today
Don’t ever expect to get a penny from me and take me off your mailing list. For the NRA to support democrat candidates who will stick their collective heads up obama/reid/pelosi’s arses will harm my Second Amendment Rights. If the Republican is as good as the democrat then support the Republican. Any resources I would have wasted with the NRA will be spent directly with Conservative candidates and State and local groups who support the Second Amendment.
 
Well, we would have long since lost our gun rights but for the NRA.

And, PART (as in not all) of the org. is Political and politics is a dirty business.

Why would they support Harry Reid, for example?

Because with him as leader of the Senate, no major anti gun bill ever came to the floor, and even if his opponent won with their support, he/she wouldn't have any power to prevent a Charlie Schumer from introducing one bill after another.

That's a sample of why they do it, but I don't like it either. Years back, they supported a Nevada Assembly chairman who was no friend of gun owners because they didn't think his opponent could win and they didn't want to tick him off. Many of us Nevadans were unhappy about that and the NRA heard about it.

You know what they say about politics and sausage.
 
So you're saying that, as a gun-rights organization, that the NRA shouldn't support staunch Second-Amendment supporting Democrats in favor of Republicans who may have a lesser degree of support for the RKBA? That the NRA should support Republicans no matter what their RKBA stance is? Why should the NRA support a particular party rather than the candidate that is more supportive of the RKBA? Isn't the RKBA the focus of the NRA?
 
I did not say that - I specifically said that where the candidates are equal don't enable obama/reid/pelosi - if the Republican is a "RHINO" then support the democrat if they are an exception to the rule of being anti-gun. That is what I said. And, actually, the NRA did not endorse reid which surprised me. If both candidates are good on the RKBA then support both, I suppose, but you would still be enabling obama/reid/pelosi
 
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Actually, the NRA did not endorse reid which surprised me.
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Not this time. They haven't endorsed any one. Seems like they're walking a fine "middle line" so they don't anger Harry too much if he wins and don't anger the NRA members if he does or doesn't.
 
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" Well, we would have long since lost our gun rights but for the NRA. " I'm sure you have citations for this long battle; please quote them. De facto endorsement comes in the fashion of giving Reid the almost maximum a corporation can give to a candidate. LaPierre has his nose firmly planted.
 
So you're saying that, as a gun-rights organization, that the NRA shouldn't support staunch Second-Amendment supporting Democrats in favor of Republicans who may have a lesser degree of support for the RKBA?
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Maybe I misunderstood your post, but I hope you aren't suggesting that Harry Reid is pro gun.

He just gets to act like the saviour of our gun rights in a political climate where more gun restrictions aren't popular, anyway--- especially after recent court decisions. A different position wouldn't be popular in a state like Nevada and it wouldn't be wise for the other anti-gun democrats to persue that course at this point, either.

Not exactly seeing a lot of other democrats standing there posing with Sarah Brady these days.:cool:
 
The NRA is driven by a political issue, not a political party. Not every Republican is pro-gun and conversely, not every Democrat anti-gun. Our mission to expand the RKBA transcends political parties.

To the OP who refuses to support the NRA for endorsing pro-gun Democrats: It sounds like Republican politics is more important to you than gun rights. If a Republican Congress is more important to you then a pro-gun Congress, so be it.

You have the right to feel as you do, but please understand that the NRA is not tethered to the Republicans. They are tethered to supporters of RKBA. I think your distaste is unfounded
 
My agenda is to promote the RKBA which is a pillar of Conservatism. If there is a democrat who goes against obama/reid/pelosi on the RKBA then that is better than nothing but they still cacus with reid/pelosi and enable obama/reid/pelosi so that hurts the RKBA by definition. So I'm just keeping it real and not playing P.C. games.
 
My agenda is to promote the RKBA which is a pillar of Conservatism. If there is a democrat who goes against obama/reid/pelosi on the RKBA then that is better than nothing but they still cacus with reid/pelosi and enable obama/reid/pelosi so that hurts the RKBA by definition. So I'm just keeping it real and not playing P.C. games.
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You prove my point that it is more important for you to have Republicans than pro-gun representatives. When Eric Holder declared an intention to reinstate the AWB, 65 DEMOCRATS in the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama warning against it and that they would not have their support.

So for you, even if Democrats support gun rights, that is not good enough. Your priority is Republican, not RKBA.

The NRA does not share that outlook. They prioritize gun rights over partisanship and are not a Republican organization.
 
Let's be real - I'm not impressed that 25% of democrats in congress supported the RKBA when it is at least 90% pro RKBA on the Republican side. Why play p.C. pretend - we have a two party system and there are big differences on the RKBA.
 
So I'm just keeping it real and not playing P.C. games.
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I keep it real by busting whack rhymes.

I'm going to invent a time machine. Not to go meet Ezra Pound. Not to witness the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. No, I'm going to use it for one purpose: to drag some of the current generation by the collar back to 1993 to see how things were back then.

If it weren't for the NRA, the Assault Weapons Ban would not have had a sunset provision. It would be permanent, and there'd be a rider every year, adding just about every semiautomatic rifle in existence to the ban list.

The NICS system would keep your information permanently, and it would have become a national registry. Concealed carry legislation in most states would not have seen fruition.

Forget gun shows--they'd be regulated out of business. In fact, forget buying handguns at all, since lawsuits would have driven most American manufacturers to either close their doors or severely limit sales to the public.

Hunting? Good luck, as the EPA would have banned the use of all lead ammunition. OSHA would have succeeded in reclassifying gunpowder as a dangerous explosive several years back (google 1910.109).

These things weren't stopped by somebody's local chest-pounding coffee klatch. They were stopped by the NRA.

Not every Republican is pro-gun and conversely, not every Democrat anti-gun. Our mission to expand the RKBA transcends political parties.
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Well put. I shoot with a professional poet who happens to be an advocate for repealing the death penalty. He's also a die-hard supporter of the RKBA, and he puts his money (and effort) where his mouth is. I didn't ask who he voted for in 2008, but should I ostracize him because he's not "with the program?"

Some would be very surprised how many of us don't hew all that closely to the entire "conservative" checklist on many things. Does that mean we're not "worthy" somehow?

We stand to gain quite a bit by making the RKBA a universal cause, and likewise, we stand to lose by making it an insular partisian one.
 
Anyone who thinks that the National Rifle Association is, or should be, a tool of the Republican Party, ESPECIALLY the Republican Party, is a fool.

An NRA that is tightly tied to one political party is the LAST thing gun owners should want, expect, or demand.

NRA should, and is, support those members of Congress who support the Second Amendment.

THAT'S IT.

NRA is NOT, and should NOT be, about reducing the overall scope of government.

NRA is NOT, and should NOT be, about abortion rights/pro life.

NRA is NOT, and should NOT be, about a National Energy Policy.

NRA IS about, and SHOULD BE about, doing everything it can to preserve, protect, and defend the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans and that should include supporting politicians who support the Second Amendment no matter what their political affiliation.

Simply put, anyone who has a problem with that isn't a friend of gun owners.




Now, by STRICT definition I should close this thread as being too political in nature, as TFL no longer does political threads.

However, I think what is being discussed here, while political in nature, is of such a nature that the thread should remain open for discussion AS LONG AS the topic of discussion remains NRA's political activities.

If it strays off into a general political discussion, or worse, a general political rant, the thread will be closed and sanctions levied.

So THINK about what you're posting before you post it.
 
What I learned from this "exercise" is that I am excited about joining Gun Owners of America. Good riddance to the NRA. Hello Gun Owners of America.
 
So, the NRA has supported some individual candidates that you don't agree with. And, they got an exemption on legislation that they likely couldn't stop anyway.

But, overall over the last 20 or 30 years, what do you think the NRA could have done in the enviornment they were working in that they have not done. Seems to me like in many parts of the country gun owners are better off now than most of my lifetime.
 
I had a list of now forgotton endorsements that finished me with NRA years ago... people I wouldn't want in office under any circumstance. I'll grant you the fact that NRA has done some good things. I've got no truck with folks who choose to be members.

Simply stated, sending the NRA a check is not the oly way to protect your rights.

I'd wager that the subversives who now run your government and write your laws (not to mention their Supreme Court appointments and Gov't agency regulatory restrictions) were voted into office with the help of people who send that check to NRA every year.

You can send all the checks you want and if you don't VOTE like you mean to keep it, the Second is still in jeopardy.
 
Don’t ever expect to get a penny from me and take me off your mailing list. For the NRA to support democrat candidates...
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NRA is a single issue organization and endorsements from the NRA are based on that single issue.

They endorse candidates that best support that single issue regardless of other political views.

What's more they don't try to keep it a secret.

If you are not a single issue voter then you shouldn't base your vote exclusively on the endorsements of a single issue organization.
What I learned from this "exercise" is that I am excited about joining Gun Owners of America.
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Are you saying that GOA considers other issues besides RKBA stance when it endorses a candidate?
 
That's reasonable.

Much more reasonable than becoming openly irate at a single issue organization for actually BEING a single issue organization as they publicly claim to be.
 
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