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NRA president in Dover: 'We have a special interest'
The News Journal (Delaware) ^ | Jan. 20, 2013 11:57 PM | Jonathan Starkey

Posted on 01/21/2013 4:08:37 PM PST by imardmd1

NRA president in Dover: 'We have a special interest'

(This Gannett site does not permit excerpts, so here is the link)

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130121/NEWS/301210040/NRA-president-Dover-We-special-interest-


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: banglist; bansemiautos; de2013; delaware; govmarkell; guncontrol; gunlaws; nra; nrameeting; secondamendment
A reasonably balanced review of NRA President's visit to about 1,500 NRA members, Delaware State Sportsmen's Association constituents, and the Tea Partier organization, The 9-12 Delaware Patriots. Several Pro-gun arguments offered, with State government responses. For your information, the current Delaware Democratic Governor, Jack Markell, and his Attorney General, Beau Biden (son of Joe Biden) wish to impose draconian restrictions on residents of the State of Delaware similar to those signed into gun law in New York State last week.
1 posted on 01/21/2013 4:08:47 PM PST by imardmd1
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To: imardmd1

The headline is anything but “balanced”.


2 posted on 01/21/2013 4:53:26 PM PST by marktwain
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To: imardmd1
Attorney General, Beau Biden (son of Joe Biden)

Then this wasn't the same son, Hunter, who was indicted for hedge fund fraud along with Joe's brother.........

3 posted on 01/21/2013 4:59:59 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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To: imardmd1
Gun laws only impact law abiding citizens. Since criminals break existing laws, they will continue breaking new laws enacted.

However, if they enacted new penalities for breaking existing gun laws, such as drawing and quartering using a very slow method of increasing the draw, might be a deterrent to a crimnal and make them think twice about breaking a gun law.

Then they could reduce the number of existing gun laws down to the bare minimum, like 1, that it is a crime to kill someone with a gun unless you do so in self defense or defense of another under attack.

4 posted on 01/21/2013 5:15:34 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: marktwain
The headline is anything but “balanced”.

Yeah, I think that site only gives you 3 hits, then kicks you back to page 1 without being a subscriber. Page 1 today has 1 mil turnout for Obama, but only 1 thou turnout for Keene on the NRA story. Sorry.

5 posted on 01/21/2013 5:54:27 PM PST by imardmd1 (An armed society is a polite society -- but dangerous for the fool --)
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To: Robert DeLong
However, if they enacted new penalities for breaking existing gun laws, such as drawing and quartering using a very slow method of increasing the draw, might be a deterrent to a crimnal and make them think twice about breaking a gun law.

Well, the problem is that the prosecutors seem to use a concurrent gun charge as a bargaining chip to avoid the expense of trial, by knocking off the gun charge if they get a guilty plea.

No good!

What needs to be done is to forbid the dismissing of the gun charge, but rather a stiffer penalty for a gun in the commission, no guilty plea accepted!

IMHO

6 posted on 01/21/2013 6:04:39 PM PST by imardmd1 (An armed society is a polite society -- but dangerous for the fool --)
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This free speech advocate doesn’t allow anyone to comment unless you are a paid subscriber. Any Conservative letters to the editor are “lost”.


7 posted on 01/21/2013 6:36:35 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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This free speech advocate doesn’t allow anyone to comment unless you are a paid subscriber. Any Conservative letters to the editor are “lost”.

That's good to know, and publish. Since the internet, I haven't read the paper much. But in the printed version, I've seen some back-and-forth on the reader's comment section of the editorials. Everything is pretty much left-leaning and pretty much under political machine control. Those in higher state and federal office are not easily going to be upset. The offices just pass back and forth between a few hands, GOPe or Democrat. They are very difficult to dislodge.

I've often thought of writing something aimed at the editorial page, but thought it might be just a waste of time. I dunno.

8 posted on 01/21/2013 8:25:41 PM PST by imardmd1 (An armed society is a polite society -- but dangerous for the fool --)
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