Posted on 11/10/2013 8:56:20 AM PST by dontreadthis
When Mitch McConnell receives the National Rifle Association's "Defender of Freedom" Award in Louisville on Friday, he and the group will be cementing a friendship that McConnell's team thinks could be the difference in next year's Senate race.
The NRA, which spent more than $16 million in the 2012 election cycle, plans to be heavily involved in McConnell's re-election effort, the group said Thursday.
"We're watching closely," Chris Cox, the NRA's top lobbyist, told the Lexington Herald-Leader. "And we're going to make sure that gun owners in Kentucky understand that they have a champion representing them in the United States Senate."
Alison Lundergan Grimes, the likely Democratic challenger to McConnell, had a simple response Thursday, challenging McConnell to meet her on the gun range.
"As an NRA member, my strong support for the Second Amendment is unquestioned," Grimes said in a statement to the Herald-Leader. "I am proud of Kentucky's long-held gun ownership, sporting and hunting traditions. It is unfortunate that Senator McConnell is desperate to mislead Kentucky voters about my strong support for the Second Amendment."
If elected, Grimes said, she would protect Kentuckians' right to keep and bear arms.
"Whenever he's not busy pandering to Washington lobbyists, I welcome Senator McConnell to come shoot with me at the range any day," she said.
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Consider Gun Owners of America (GOA).
This holds true for all one-issue voters - such as those who think abortion is the main issue in any election. These dumbed-down voters need to realize that no president or governor can overturn Roe vs. Wade. Yet, the stupids of society just don’t get it.
Let expire, hell. I'm going to telephone them tomorrow and cancel my membership.
Just as I telephoned "Guns and Ammo" on Saturday and cancelled my subscription.
Yes they did. What good is the right to bear arms if they support people who are trying to destroy the WHOLE Constitution, but pay lip service to the 2nd Amendment???
EXACTLY.
Anyone who doesn't get that, or can't live with it, might look for some other organization to support. But, when it comes to the Second Amendment, no other has the size and might of the NRA.
Meanwhile, we NRA members can (1) lend our personal support to superior primary candidates, and (2) notify the NRA we're doing so, and why.
Switch to Gun Owners of America. Larry Pratt and his crew are SERIOUS HARDCORE for the ENTIRE CONSTITUTION, not JUST the vital 2nd Amendment.
Consider that if McConnell and his equally spineless clones in Washington continue to destroy what’s left of the Constitution, we’ll almost certainly HAVE TO DEPLOY THOSE WEAPONS!!!
Begs the question: Wouldn’t it be far better to save the Constitution by electing men who have at least READ the document and understand it and avert the “trouble”??
Ping!
Anyone who doesn't get that, or can't live with it, might look for some other organization to support. But, when it comes to the Second Amendment, no other has the size and might of the NRA.
Meanwhile, we NRA members can (1) lend our personal support to superior primary candidates, and (2) notify the NRA we're doing so, and why.
That makes perfect sense. Why would we want anything else from them?
I thought this dirty #**$%#+-%% had a primary fight!!!
I hope NRA members make their voices heard
GOA Lifetime member, here.
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