N.B. Article found on keepandbeararms.com to give credite where it is due
Also, scroll down at the end of the article in the original source, there are a lot of comments from readers.
The article's main point seems to be that pro 2A pols are also pro-develpment, while gun control advocates are more likely pro conservation. What the article misses however, is that the current breed of "conservationist" politicians usually like to set aside land from ANY use, including hunting. It is not business interests versus hunting interests, it's business inetersts versus environmentalist fruitake-ism.
I'm waiting for the article about how the National Organization for Women doesn't help women, but is mainly about abortion rights.
However, they are still very clumsy, such as this portion of their tripe:
... but I don't fret about the federal government breaking down my door to confiscate my battle worn 870 or my late grandfather's octagon-barrel 30-30, nor do I think all gun control laws, such as the ban on automatic assault rifles, are bad.
Notice how carefully they slimily babble on about how they are gunowners, too, and they have no worries about anyone taking their good guns --- just those evil semi-automatics in the assault weapons ban. That bit wasn't so clever on their part, since it is such a blatant line of blarney that most gunowners will pick up on it immediately.
I hope no one is taken in by these folks, but I imagine that there will be some good folks who don't pay a lot of attention to the issues who will be fooled by the AHSA.
They're going to have a mighty tough sell, getting hunters to dislike the NRA.
Pretty close to comments I heard back when the AWB was being considered the first time from some hunters I know. They didn't like, own, or consider semi-automatic rifles in military calibers to be particularly useful of necessary, so they were willing to see them sacrificed on the altar of appeasement to the anti-gunners, figuring their rifles, designed 'for sporting purposes' were safe.
No application of logic, including the concept that Mauser-based bolt-action rifles are fundamentally a military design, seemed to get through. Not even the discussion of semi-automatic shotguns made a dent.
This becomes especially relevant when one considers that the AWB is still lurking in the wings, updated, more potent, etc, with no 'sunset' date, just waiting with the 100 odd co-sponsors for the 'right' incident or 'right' moment.
Unfortunately, there are 'exceptional' gun owners, who, like 'exceptional' conservatives, believe in Rights 'except...' (add whatever they don't personally care for), and this is targeted at taking them out of the fight for the RKBA.
The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting, the liberals just don't get it.
Both Mr. Kerry and Mr. Gore deflected to talking about hunting when asked about gun rights and I think they thought they could bamboozle the people.
Just as a point of order, the second amendment has absolutely nothing to do with hunting.
"nor do I think all gun control laws, such as the ban on automatic assault rifles, are bad."
Spoken like a true "Lib" Gave away his cover right there!
So where is the barf alert or is it self evident?
So who is bankrolling this American Hunters and Shooters Association?
Are there any antigun politicians or celebrities on their board of directors?
The original owner of Keepandbeararms is a known NRA hater.
-bflr-
Good info, Oakleaf. Thanks.
The socialist rats are trying to infiltrate hunting and fishing groups and the various state and federal natural resource agencies. Animal rights fanatics are currently attacking hunting here in Michigan.
The Humane Society of the United States has a $100 million budget it uses to attack hunting and fishing. It will be coming soon to a state near you, if it's not there already. Be vigilant.
... but I don't fret about the federal government breaking down my door to confiscate my battle worn 870 or my late grandfather's octagon-barrel 30-30, nor do I think all gun control laws, such as the ban on automatic assault rifles, are bad.
IOW , "I'm an enviro-kook who supports gun control."
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But all this made me think about the role of the NRA plays in preserving the future of hunting. In looking at today's political landscape, it seems like we might need another group to step up and save hunting before the NRA destroys it.
Could it be that the NRA is worried that the gig is up and hunters will start to figure out they have been the ones who have been duped?
The author clearly contradicted himself right out of the gate. I know nothing about the AHSA but I do know that if they and the writer of this hit piece were truly on the up and up, there would have been no attempt to blast the NRA but every effort would have been made to try to merge the alleged concerns of the AHSA (hunters rights) with those of the NRA.
AHSA = a wolf in sheeps clothing........
This must be the quintessential Liberal gun organization. Note the memory of Kerry trying to liik comfortable hefting a shotgun during the 2004 campaign. Liberals have a facination with guns and the things that appearing with one can GET them.
Its an image thang!
Who are we to stand intheir way if they want to have their picture taken while pretending that gun use , training and ownership are part and parcel of their lifestyle.
If their fascination with guns is only superficial , why should we stop them from allowing personal =firearms use for our liberal aristocracy while denyomg the same to ordinary Americans who are uneducated in the proper use of firearms for status reasons?
Even that mavin of Gun Control, Chucky Schumer, is at heart a totalitarian kid who delights in gun use himself but cannot possibly see why any ordinary American would need one to invoke the status of aristocrat to which he and others like him pretend. Join AHSA today and carve your aristocratic status in stone, and make the PC declaration for all to see that you will never shoot another human being no matter what. ( Yeah right!)
Future AHSA member Chucky Boomer Schumer pops a few caps:( and he wants gun control?)
