Interesting Articles I found in a Google Search. Some main points quoted from the first article:
"Who would have thought, for instance, that they would live to see the day when the NRA would be lining up shoulder to shoulder with its nemesis, Handgun Control, Inc., to applaud the biggest-ever expansion of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)? Yet that is what we saw earlier this year, when President Clinton proposed to double the ranks of ATF inspectors and increase the number of ATF gun agents by 23 percent. What’s more, the Clinton package called for a vast new army of federal, state, and local prosecutors to "fight gun crimes."
"President Clinton plans to announce today an initiative that the White House is calling the biggest gun enforcement push in history, a $280 million plan to hire 500 new firearms-law enforcers and 1,100 gun-crime prosecutors." The story went on to report that "representatives of Handgun Control Inc. and the National Rifle Association both applauded the idea."
May 27, 1999 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, NRA Executive Director Wayne R. LaPierre:
• "We think it’s reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone."
• "We think it’s reasonable to prevent all juveniles convicted of violent felonies from owning guns, for life."
• "We think it’s reasonable to provide full funding for the National Instant Check System so it operates efficiently and instantly."
• "We think it’s reasonable to support the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act."
• "We think it’s reasonable to expect full enforcement of federal firearms laws by the federal government."
Each of the NRA’s "reasonable" endorsements constitutes support for federal usurpation of power and an expansion of the federal police state. Let’s just look at its endorsement of "full enforcement of federal firearms laws by the federal government." That stance puts the NRA in the position of accepting the false claims of the gun control lobby that Congress may constitutionally infringe on gun rights. It also lends credence to the notion that the anti-gun laws Congress already has passed, if fully enforced, could curb firearm-related criminal activity without eviscerating the Second Amendment. Ergo, if enforcement of existing federal legislation helps reduce crime, why not enact more to further reduce, or eliminate, crime?
Full Article Here: http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2000/06-05-2000/vo16no12_nra.htm
Another case, in Texas during the 2006 Elections, the NRA gave a higher rating to a candidate that was for gun control (Democrat Shane Sklar). They gave Rep Ron Paul who has the best voting record for the 2nd amendment a "B" rating. Shane Sklar says: “I support the gun rights of sportsman and hunters”, says Mr. Sklar. Ron Paul would say, “the Second Amendment is not about hunting or your right to shoot skeet”.
Article: http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/paul_ron_nra_endorses_gun_control_democrat.htm
And during Hurricane Katrina, the NRA initially came out in SUPPORT of Gun Confiscations, then changed their stance: http://www.infowars.com/articles/new_orleans/gun_grab_nra_comments.htm
"Who would have thought, for instance, that they would live to see the day when the NRA would be lining up shoulder to shoulder with its nemesis, Handgun Control, Inc., to applaud the biggest-ever expansion of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)? Yet that is what we saw earlier this year, when President Clinton proposed to double the ranks of ATF inspectors and increase the number of ATF gun agents by 23 percent. What’s more, the Clinton package called for a vast new army of federal, state, and local prosecutors to "fight gun crimes."
"President Clinton plans to announce today an initiative that the White House is calling the biggest gun enforcement push in history, a $280 million plan to hire 500 new firearms-law enforcers and 1,100 gun-crime prosecutors." The story went on to report that "representatives of Handgun Control Inc. and the National Rifle Association both applauded the idea."
May 27, 1999 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, NRA Executive Director Wayne R. LaPierre:
• "We think it’s reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone."
• "We think it’s reasonable to prevent all juveniles convicted of violent felonies from owning guns, for life."
• "We think it’s reasonable to provide full funding for the National Instant Check System so it operates efficiently and instantly."
• "We think it’s reasonable to support the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act."
• "We think it’s reasonable to expect full enforcement of federal firearms laws by the federal government."
Each of the NRA’s "reasonable" endorsements constitutes support for federal usurpation of power and an expansion of the federal police state. Let’s just look at its endorsement of "full enforcement of federal firearms laws by the federal government." That stance puts the NRA in the position of accepting the false claims of the gun control lobby that Congress may constitutionally infringe on gun rights. It also lends credence to the notion that the anti-gun laws Congress already has passed, if fully enforced, could curb firearm-related criminal activity without eviscerating the Second Amendment. Ergo, if enforcement of existing federal legislation helps reduce crime, why not enact more to further reduce, or eliminate, crime?
Full Article Here: http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2000/06-05-2000/vo16no12_nra.htm
Another case, in Texas during the 2006 Elections, the NRA gave a higher rating to a candidate that was for gun control (Democrat Shane Sklar). They gave Rep Ron Paul who has the best voting record for the 2nd amendment a "B" rating. Shane Sklar says: “I support the gun rights of sportsman and hunters”, says Mr. Sklar. Ron Paul would say, “the Second Amendment is not about hunting or your right to shoot skeet”.
Article: http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/paul_ron_nra_endorses_gun_control_democrat.htm
And during Hurricane Katrina, the NRA initially came out in SUPPORT of Gun Confiscations, then changed their stance: http://www.infowars.com/articles/new_orleans/gun_grab_nra_comments.htm