GUN GROUP ALWAYS GETS OUR ATTENTION
Guns and the NRA, a Chronology
By Bill Schneider, 2-24-08
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. What is the Most Controversial Nonprofit Organization of Them All?
Can we agree that it is the National Rifle Association?
Fervently supported by millions of gun owners, but bitterly criticized by its detractors, including many hunters who feel the gun group elects “anti-hunting” politicians who vote consistently against the protecting wildlife habitat. Critics think the NRA stands for Not Really an Ally or National Republican Army.
I’ve been writing about the NRA for three years now, mostly about its failure to represent hunters, and I’ve noticed that any mention of the group brings a strong reaction, either a defense or damnation. This is probably overdue, but for those of you who want to follow the NRA issue, I put together a chronology of all articles, either mine or guest columns, covering the activities of what might be the most loved and hated nonprofit of them all.
Crapo Introduces Bill to Codify National Park Gun Rule, 4-04-09
Court Shoots Down National Park Rule, 3-20-09
Salazar and the National Park Gun Rule, 1-22-09
Oops. The NRA Agrees with Obama, 1-29-09
Brady Campaign Sues to Stop National Park Rule, 12-30-08
Let National Park Gun Rule Stand, 12-18-08
Bush Comes Through for the NRA on National Park Rule, 12-5-08
Dear Mr. President-elect, Please Don’t Make Me a Big Loser on Guns, 12-4-08
What I’ve Learned From Gun Nuts, 11-14-08
Dan Cooper Answers Questions on Canceled Orders, 11-7-08
Cabela’s and Cooper Firearms, 11-6-08
Sportsman’s Warehouse CEO Speaks Out on Cooper Firearms Controversy, 11-4-08
Gun Lobby Attack Dogs Strike Again, 11-3-08
American Hunters and Shooters Association Responds to its Critics, 9-19-08
Don’t Waste Energy on Rule Allowing Cancealed Guns in National Parks, Time9-4-08
The Anti-Conservation Mission of the NRA, 8-28-08
Hunters, Look Beyond the End of Your Gun Barrel, 7-9-08
Guns and the Most Controversial Nonprofit of Them All, 6-26-08
NRA Nemesis Alive and Well, and Supporting Obama, 6-24-08
NPCA Blasts NRA, Administration Over Guns in National Parks Issue, 2-22-08
More Guns in National Parks, 2-21-08
NRA Stands for Not Really an Ally, 11-4-07
NRA Competitor Gaining Ground, 6-17-07
Defending Wilderness and Hunting Defends Our Right to Bear Arms, 3-29-07
Guns, Sex, Lies, and Democrats, 3-22-07
The Zumbo Affair, Afterthoughts, 3-8-07
NRA Destroys Long-time Friend, 2-26-07
NRA Supports Conrad Burns, Proving Again it Doesn’t Represent Hunters, 11-2-06
NRA Doesn’t Represent Both Hunters and Gun Owners, 7-2-06
Saving Hunters from the NRA, 6-21-06
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Last updated February 21, 2008 5:13 p.m. PT
Candidates duck gun control
DERRICK Z. JACKSON
Barack Obama offers hope and Hillary Clinton offers solutions, but they offer little of either on gun control. In the wake of the Feb. 8 shootings at Louisiana Technical College that took three lives, Hillary "Solutions" Clinton issued a statement that said, "I am saddened and my heart goes out to the victims and families of those affected today by the senseless crime that took place at Louisiana Technical College.
"Violence of any kind should not be tolerated and hits too close to home when it's directed at our young people. America has witnessed school violence before and it is always tragic. We must do all we can to prevent such acts and keep our children safe at home and in our schools."
Last week, the day after the rampage that left six people dead at Northern Illinois University, Barack "Hope" Obama did a classic equivocation as if he knew the National Rifle Association was waiting to nail him in all the "red" states he has won. Obama said, "Today we offer them our thoughts and prayers, but we also have to offer them our determination to do whatever it takes to eradicate this violence from our streets, from our schools, from our neighborhoods and our cities. That is our duty as Americans."
In the same news conference he reassured gun owners by saying, "I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it's subject to common-sense regulation."
But neither Obama nor Clinton, the Democratic nominees for president, have done "whatever it takes" to let us know how they would employ their common sense in the nation that has the highest rate of gun deaths in the developed world.
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Given, the drop, Mallard, and cover by the candidates, I think MoveOn is far more controversial at this time.
Hey, can someone answer why I have seen the NRA pushing all these new guns laws the past few months? For most of my adult life I have heard their whining:
"no new gun laws"
"enforce the laws on the books"
Why are they acting like hypocrites now? What changed?
By the way, the NRA hates McCain because he supports background checks at gun shows.
I get back to what I wrote, the NRA is just not that controversial anymore. MoveOn is much more so.