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NRA promises "meaningful contributions" to avert another Newtown
CBS ^ | 12/18/2012 | Brian Montopoli

Posted on 12/18/2012 3:59:27 PM PST by GreaterSwiss

In its first comment following the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association today said it is "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."

The NRA went silent in the wake of the tragedy last Friday: The gun-rights group's Facebook page disappeared, it stopped sending out tweets, and it told reporters that "[u]ntil the facts are thoroughly known, NRA will not have any comment."

On Tuesday, the group said it would hold a "major news conference" on Friday, December 21 in the Washington D.C., area to further explain its position. It did not offer additional details on the press conference.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guncontrol; nra; secondamendment
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

This poster is wrong .
Fox just announced the NRA will be going after
Hollywood violence and Video fame industry and the mental health industry !


41 posted on 12/18/2012 4:59:25 PM PST by ncalburt (Axelrod Psych OPS has gone to 24/7 non stop - "The election is over " status until Nov)
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To: All

the government created this problem and now they want to sell us the solution for only a few pieces of silver.


42 posted on 12/18/2012 4:59:54 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: GreaterSwiss

My guess is that the right is finally waking up and is getting tired of being bludgeoned by the left....

Here is what I mean.... If you give the left enough rope they will hang themselves literally. (ban rope) We know the left has an agenda to remove all guns from society but the vast majority support the second ammendment, in won’t be long before the left revelling in victory will demand more and more controls at which point they will expose themselves similar to the healthcare reform debate and the country will get up in arms about it.


43 posted on 12/18/2012 5:01:37 PM PST by Typical_Whitey (The political mirage of something for nothing; has ruined many a nation.)
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To: GreaterSwiss

My guess is that the right is finally waking up and is getting tired of being bludgeoned by the left....

Here is what I mean.... If you give the left enough rope they will hang themselves literally. (ban rope) We know the left has an agenda to remove all guns from society but the vast majority support the second ammendment, in won’t be long before the left revelling in victory will demand more and more controls at which point they will expose themselves similar to the healthcare reform debate and the country will get up in arms about it.


44 posted on 12/18/2012 5:01:50 PM PST by Typical_Whitey (The political mirage of something for nothing; has ruined many a nation.)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Did the NRA learn the lesson about supporting democrats and rinos?


45 posted on 12/18/2012 5:03:10 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Red Steel

Exactly
Go after the Dem party money suppliers and the lobs that
Shut down the mental institutions !

Apparently the shooting was about mom trying to commit
The son !
And it looks like the school administrator and counselor may have been involved in the commitment process .
The supposed argument seen the day before !

And the kids shot in the first grade were the kids she volunteer for last year !


46 posted on 12/18/2012 5:03:48 PM PST by ncalburt (Axelrod Psych OPS has gone to 24/7 non stop - "The election is over " status until Nov)
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To: GreaterSwiss

Gun controllers would say, yes there is a way to stop him from stealing it from his mom; by stealing it from his mom.


47 posted on 12/18/2012 5:06:40 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Typical_Whitey

we will not have a meaninful fight until we call out the MSM media mob. (including FNC)

Newt almost figured it out but backed off.

MSNBC CNN CBS etc are the enemies of freedom. They are the familiars to the betway aristocracy.


48 posted on 12/18/2012 5:09:39 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: GreaterSwiss

I just got a letter form the NRA asking for me to join them. It is sitting on my desk awaiting what they say Friday.


49 posted on 12/18/2012 5:12:16 PM PST by matt04
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To: Axenolith

Step out side the echo chamber FRiend. Cerberus just dropped all of their firearm group. They spent millions upon millions creating Freedom group, and they are dropping to so fast they may be sued. This is the largest firearm group in the world, whose value has doubled this year along, deciding to divest. They have the connections to see what is going to happen.

This is a big money group. Bigger than most here can fathom. They are trying to get something for it, before all of the holdings are worth nothing.

The AR have a 75% chance of going away, along with most semi autos. If we are really lucky, it won’t be out right confiscation. If we are extremely lucky it will just be a magazine ban and ammo limitations.

I don’t want that, but the State will take action. Most politicians do not like the idea of the common man being armed. It scares the heck out of them.


50 posted on 12/18/2012 5:13:34 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: GreaterSwiss
NRA promises "meaningful contributions" to avert another Newtown (NRA Caves?)

I'm not worried (yet.)
After all, someone, or some group would have to refute, convincingly, a lot of facts...

Gun Facts

51 posted on 12/18/2012 5:16:49 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Union Label -- then buy something else)
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To: redgolum
Most politicians do not like the idea of the common man being armed. It scares the heck out of them.

If their aim is to take our God-given rights away from us, they ought to be...

52 posted on 12/18/2012 5:23:52 PM PST by Gritty (If any of the Western world is to survive, it has to find a way to turn around, to go back-Mk Steyn)
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To: elkfersupper; Madame Dufarge

We get begging calls from them seven days a week.


53 posted on 12/18/2012 5:27:53 PM PST by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: redgolum

“The AR have a 75% chance of going away, along with most semi autos. If we are really lucky, it won’t be out right confiscation. If we are extremely lucky it will just be a magazine ban and ammo limitations.”

I think you’re probably correct.
They’ll go after semi-autos and high capacity magazines.
I wonder if they’ll also go after semi-auto handguns.


54 posted on 12/18/2012 5:28:12 PM PST by snarkybob (')
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To: Typical_Whitey

I don’t think the vast majority believe in the 2nd amendment at all. After the last election I don’t think the voters really even believe in” the land of the free”.

If we learned anything is how easily the woman’s vote can be swayed by emotion. Not getting free condoms suddenly becomes a “war on woman”. Nothing could be more emotional then dead woman and children gunned down by a white guy. When this is finished woman will be 99% for gun control. The GOP will run from the 2nd amendment like scalded dogs. If you want a semi buy it now cuz their going to outlaw them.


55 posted on 12/18/2012 6:22:47 PM PST by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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To: redgolum

Cerberus was threatened by the Calif Teachers unions to do this or lose there business !

Cerberus moves means nothing more than the lefty Ca teachers units trying to pull a or move and they fell for it !
Morons !


56 posted on 12/18/2012 8:14:12 PM PST by ncalburt (Axelrod Psych OPS has gone to 24/7 non stop - "The election is over " status until Nov)
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To: Axenolith

That poster you was incorrect story .

Cerberus was force to unload its gun stock because the Calig teachers union threatened toovar it’s money !

There is no secret deal out there and they have knowledge of .
It’s was a pr move by the leftist teachers unions .


57 posted on 12/18/2012 8:17:51 PM PST by ncalburt (Axelrod Psych OPS has gone to 24/7 non stop - "The election is over " status until Nov)
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