NRA - The War on Guns

Doubling Down

Be it resolved that the members of the National Rifle Association of America, in convention assembled, does declare its profound support for the past, present and future leadership of its executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre…One prominent LaPierre backer, Janet Nyce, denounced Wayne’s critics as “the enemy within,” whom she blamed for taking “our beloved NRA down to her knees.” A former sheriff from Montana, who is also a board member, insisted he was “getting tired of these s*** o* b****** at every one of these meeting coming in and trashing Wayne LaPierre.” [More]

Make your decisions accordingly.

All the Right Words

Instead of targeting guns and gun owners, Trump called for a “top to bottom security overhaul at schools across the country” in a variety of ways; single-point entries, security fences, metal detectors, a school resource officer in every school, and yes, arming teachers who volunteer, are vetted, and trained. [More]

Beautiful.

Now if he only takes those words to heart if he’s ever in power again.

Am I so wrong to doubt he will?

Ask What Our Country Can Do for You

Askandi, who’s Mexican American, attended the protest with her son, who’s also Persian American, because she said she’s become afraid after gunmen targeted people of color in Buffalo, N.Y., less than two weeks ago and in El Paso in 2016. [More]

So they came here with the understanding of the role of government they were indoctrinated with, and now want to impose what they fled on the people who took them in.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue” …

And I’m Proud to be UnAmerican

“The unfortunate shooting in Texas took place at a very bad time. And for me to go and play at the NRA just days after the shooting would be an endorsement. And people would then deem that as, I like this weapon. And obviously, that weapon killed kids. And I just couldn’t go,” he told hosts Brian Kilmeade, Pete Hegseth and Ainsley Earhardt. [More]

The weapon killed kids. Coming from a guy thankful that others “gave” him his rights.

Then there’s Larry Gatlin, “pray[ing] that the NRA will rethink some of its outdated and ill-thought-out positions regarding firearms in AMERICA.”

At least they didn’t invite Toby Keith this time.

[Via several of you]

Houston, We Have a Problem

Despite accusing Democrats of constantly trying to manipulate mass shootings for political gain, several senior GOP figures — including ex-President Donald Trump — are expected to give speeches at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action’s annual leadership forum on Friday. [More]

According to “real reporter” Stephen Collinson, CNN’s resident White House propagandist, defending yourself against political attacks is “politicizing” an issue, and thus “hypocrisy.”

It’s the same lying “rationale” that says defending yourself against physical attack is “vigilantism.”

Push back against bullies and they call you a bully. When they’re not calling you a Nazi…

The media is reveling in the “outrage” they’re helping to inflame. You can bet there are plenty hoping things get out of hand and plenty who will consider it humorous “karma” if NRA members are hurt or worse.

UPDATE: Speaking of politicizing…

A Public/Private Partnership

ATF Partners with Anti-gun Researchers to Expand Agency’s Power [More]

True, and I see all the usual suspects.

There’s also the unstated danger of when they partner with “our side.”

Uh-oh. Looks like all these guys are “enemies.”

The Long March to Tyranny

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As Edwin Vieira Jr. noted in Kolbe v. Hogan:

This reliance on a permanent private market for firearms guaranteed that most militiamen, through their own efforts, could always obtain firearms suitable for both collective and individual self-defense, and forestalled tyranny by precluding rogue public officials from monopolizing the production, distribution, and possession of firearms.

This is more than tyranny. Deliberately undermining “the security of a free State” is treason.

[Via DDS]

The Devils We Know

NRA: Allen West’s Run For Wayne’s’ Job Will Not Prevail In Houston [More]

I have no problem objectively assessing West’s qualifications and capabilities. The membership should insist on that for all positions. We don’t need a popular figurehead, we need a principled leader who knows how to get things done.

That said, HW/Dole/Romney backer David Keene and his American Conservative Union are actively undermining the Second Amendment by greasing the skids for the cheap labor “pathway to citizenship” sellout.