Posted on 06/18/2010 1:53:10 PM PDT by neverdem
Somebody stepped in some doodoo.
...the NRA, by dropping its objection to the bill, is... abandoning friends.
I'm still ticked, and a soon-to-be-ex-NRA member.
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Is this the same Chris Cox who, under Bush, eliminated the uptick rule for shorting stocks and caused the financial crisis in the market?
He's a lobbyist now?
I let them know that if what I am reading is true I may not be renewing my membership when it comes up. The NRA presents itself as a staunch supporter of the Constitution with, of course, its main concern being the Second Amendment. I do not believe that one can pick and choose portions of the Constitution to support and others to abandon and claim to be all about “Constitutional rights”. From what I have read of this “Disclose Act” it is all about suppressing speech that the rats don’t like while empowering their allies to say whatever they want. That stinks and if the NRA is at all serious about upholding the Constitution they will say so and act accordingly.
Actually, the NRA was being, ummm, “creative.”
By getting the Congressional commies to “carve out” an exemption for the NRA they may have killed the bill from the left!
He's a lobbyist now?
No, this Chris Cox has headed the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, NRA-ILA, for quite a while.
Wow, there sure are a lot of Chris Cox’s out there. So this isn’t the grandson of Richard M. Nixon?
Questions for the NRA:
If everyone else has lost their 1A rights, who will be able to stand beside you when they come after your 1A rights? Surely you don’t think they’re not going to come for you too?
And when no one has 1A rights anymore, how are you going to defend your 2A rights?
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A strong First Amendemnt protects every other right. When the First Amendment is weakened, every other right is weakened. This shouldn’t be hard to understand.
I went to the NRA website, and just look at the weaselly and deceptive way they describe to us (for now) members that they are withdrawing opposition:
Consequently, congressional leaders announced they would exempt us from its draconian restrictions on political speech. If that happens, we will not be involved in final consideration of this bill in the House.
Those two sentences lets us know that NRA is more than a little slippery in the weasel word dept; and that it thinks its members are incapable of reading.
Me, I'm headed for the exit.
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Sitting by while freedom is taken is not what the NRA should do. They were bought real cheap on this one.
My understanding is that the NRA’s exemption alone would mean most Democrats would not vote for the bill at all. That’s a slick political move on the part of the NRA. It stopped a bad bill for everyone. I’ll keep my membership in the NRA.
I agree. NRA made an educated guess that this carve out would generate outrage and thereby kill the whole thing. AND, display for all to see the complete lack of integrity so many legislators have.
“THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
THEN THEY CAME for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Neimoller”
Nuff said.
A bribe to drop opposition to an unconstitutional law remains such whether it was asked for or not. Only the acceptance is necessary for it to be a bribe.
Nancy Pelosi yanks campaign finance bill
Response from David Keene, NRA First Vice President, to DISCLOSE Act Criticism
On the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act More Alinsky!
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INDEED.
There is no victory in this ~ which is why we have to vote these pukes out this Fall.
Thanks for the ping!
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