Posted on 06/14/2007 7:43:58 AM PDT by looscnnn
Ping!
I know they don't like the idea, but the NRA has been practical and effective at enhancing gun rights. And beating on them in IMHO just weakens the credibility of the GOA. At the end of the day it seems to me that it's really about getting their hands on a piece of the PAC cash.
Ron Paul voted against it. No one else did.
No man is safe when the legislature sits...
The will of the people doesn’t seem to matter much these days. Not too many options when that happens.
Another GOA fundraiser. Yaaaaaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnn.
IMHO, beause of the passage of this bill, anyone who sees a psychiatrist, is prescribed a psychotropic drug for any reason, had an eating disorder in adolescence, and on and on, may not be able to pass the NIC's background check.
For someone to think that this is a fundraiser for the GOA is ludicrous, again, IMHO.
You are correct in your assessment of some of the posters on this site. They see that GOA is the post and they automatically dismiss it as a fund raiser (even though they never ask for money in the alerts). It seems to me that they think the NRA can do no wrong. I wonder if these same people feel same about Republicans as they do about the NRA?
The legislation apparently passed the House of Representatives by voice vote. As far as it goes, the NRA has sold out to the Washington political process and has turned into a gun rights equivalent to a RINO organization. The Gun Owners of America is the real deal, as is the Jews for Preservation of Firearms Ownership. However, it would still be a good idea to contact your Congressman, especially the purported conservatives, to express your displeasure at this legislation, passed by the dirty trick of a voice vote.
In your list of guns rights organization, you forgot one!
However, the ATF, FBI and gun grabbers have shown no credibility in scrubbing these lists. Because of this, I don’t want the federal government to be in charge of deciding who’s crazy and I don’t want them to be in charge of scrubbing these lists.
Because of their intransigence, we also have to be a bulwark on this issue.
One more thing,
While Bush has disappointed in many areas, he has not disappointed in the second amendment area. Let’s hope he would veteo this (though I think he did indicate he might sign it into law)
Do we have enough senators to fillibuster this? Let’s hope so...
Every time the NRA reaches a “deal” with Congress, gun owners get shafted.
I’d like to know why, every single time a bill related to guns goes through Congress, gun owners get shafted in some way - but it never goes OUR way. For instance, couldn’t some Congressman JUST ONCE insert a provision to repeal Title 18, Section 922(o) into a “must pass” bill? Or maybe something to remove the odious “sporting purposes” clause from the ‘68 GCA, or to go back to $30 Class 1 dealer fees with NO examination of compliance with local zoning ordinances by the ATF, or allowing the DoD to sell components from ALL small arms ammo to the public? Hmmmm, what about that? Why can’t OUR people use legislative tricks and lie like the other SOBs?
I don’t think that severely mentally ill people should have guns either, but then I don’t think they sould be released into the general population also. If they are safe enough to be a part of the population, drive cars, etc. then they should be viewed as safe enough to have a gun. Same goes for criminals.
I can’t share the same view of him, due to the fact that he has not been presented a whole lot of gun bills (thanks to our Congress), his promise to sign an “AWB” if presented to him (I know we were told he said it just to get votes, but that would make him a panderer) and his lack of vetos (which should have been many).
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