Posted on 03/14/2014 3:43:09 AM PDT by from occupied ga
NRA endorsed Republican State Senators Jesse Stone and Hunter Hill rammed gun control through the Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee late yesterday.
Just like that, HB 875 became nothing more than a piece of trash.
But the news is even worse than that . . .
NRA lobbyists at the Capitol continue to play games with gun owners, saying they "have the Senate covered," yet their endorsed elected officials routinely stab gun owners in the back.
The Executive Director of another gun group at the Capitol, Georgia Carry, said this last week about the gun bill in the Senate: "Expect them to pass it with some changes and not necessarily bad changes."
Virtually every Senator causing problems is both NRA and Georgia Carry endorsed! Not to mention both the Governor and Lt. Governor are endorsed by them as well.
Are these gun groups naive, power hungry or just afraid to tell their endorsed friends how wrong they are!
We certainly aren't afraid to call out gun-grabbing Republicans when we see them!
We call Senator Stone's and Senator Hill's gun control compromise the "Little Lautenberg Gun Ban."
They added language into the bill that would ban a whole new class of people from getting a weapons license in Georgia for something as simple as spanking your child too hard or getting into verbal disagreement with your ex-spouse.
A similar bill was passed at the federal level in the late 1990s -- the Lautenberg Gun Ban.
It has disarmed hundreds of thousands since it's enactment.
But what's even worse, the new version of HB 875 also gutted "church carry" and added a brand new mental health mandate, banning those who receive "involuntary treatment" from possessing a firearm FOREVER!
Banned for something as simple as being ordered to alcohol rehab at some point in your life!
There are now two gun bills still alive -- HB 60 and HB 875. Both are sitting in the Senate waiting for action.
But at this point, with Governor Deal and Lt. Governor Cagle now in full control, gun owners should be on guard for last-second gun control compromise language.
There are just TWO days [next Tuesday and Thursday] left in this session of the General Assembly.
GGO will not be supporting any nasty compromise, and neither should you.
That's why it's vital you call the Governor, Lt. Governor and Senate President Pro Temp AT ONCE!
Tell them you will not support any compromise of your gun rights and that you expect them to stop trying to kill gun bills!
Call Governor Nathan Deal >>> 404-656-1776
Call Lt. Governor Casey Cagle >>> 404-656-5030
Call Sen. President Pro Temp David Schafer >>> 404-656-0048
Thank you for taking action.
We'll be sure to keep you updated on all the latest developments.
Best regards,
D.R. Leonard
Political Director
You could be a devotee of enlightened despotism a la Thomas Hobbes, in which case you would be "conservative" in the sense that Jefferson and Voltaire understood it. Hobbes didn't believe in compacts, but in divine-right absolutism.
You're just itching to call that guy a "slaver" and a "raciss", aren't you?
Boo, hiss on Southerners! Ick hiss nasty die die die! ;)
Don’t forge that around the time Charlton Heston was raising his musket in the air and declaring “From my cold dead hands” he was also on the radio declaring that “no one edneed a fully automatic AK-47.”
Gun Owners of America has been around a while
See my thread, above. It’s in the activism tab. The bad bill was killed, the good bill is closer to law.
NRA is to guns; like the chamber of commerce is to commerce. Not that helpful, huh
NRA has been known to advocate for regulated gun freedoms. For safety and for Political expediency.
I have argued with plenty of NRA types who want back ground checks and certifications to carry weapons.
That is clearly not a 2nd Amendment stance.
http://jpfo.org/
These people make the NRA look like sissies.
As a member of the NRA and as a "little Republican primary voter" I would have to disagree about being "had" and "snookered". I would agree that both the NRA and the Republican party need to have the moderates voted out. Both organizations have elected officials I am proud of such as the "Teds" (Nugent/NRA and Cruz/GOP) as well.
I vote in the Republican Primaries and vote for NRA board members. It is an uphill battle on both fronts, but Im not willing to throw in the towel on either group. Both the NRA and my US/State reps hear from me as a constituent with my support or disapproval. I know it is only a drop in the bucket but I do my part, and I am sure you diligently do yours as well with your own methods.
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GregoTX
NRA Member
Little Republican Primary Voter
Sounds like fundraising bullsh*t from some fringe group trolling for idiots. I hate to see people fall for this crap.
How many times are you going to tell that story? It’s getting moldy.
What is going on with the NRA? have they been taken over?
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