Posted on 01/16/2013 2:16:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is making a last-minute pitch to persuade President Barack Obama to stop using hunting as a justification for owning guns.
In a letter to Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, PETA called out the president for saying after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible they buy their guns legally, and they use them safely, whether for hunting or sport shooting, collection or protection.
[T]here is nothing responsible about making a sport out of killing, about hunting, or about teaching children to hunt, PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman wrote in the letter.
As the mother of a child in elementary school, I cannot imagine telling my son that killing for fun is wrong when the victim is a human but perfectly acceptable when the target is a member of another species, say, a deer or a dove. Children must be taught that all gun violence is wrong, no matter how different from them the victim appears to be.
According to Reiman, the idea that guns are okay for hunting sends children a mixed message. She claimed many killers begin as children with a propensity for cruelty toward animals including hunting...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
“Auto-Violence” kills more animals than hunters do!
Guns are to stop tyranical governments, and Brother do we need them now.
The Lefties are coming out of the woodwork! And they are all on the same page—Communist page.
Dear PETA Isn’t it wonderful when both sides realize you are idiots and everyone ignores you???
This is way to funny to just let go. Even the hard core left liberals are acting like you don’t exist.
a visit to a local slaughterhouse would open her eyes....reality is reality!
“The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that you won’t need it until they come to take it away” Thomas Jefferson
“People Eating Tasty Animals” PETA
In this case, liberals lie that guns are only for hunting and then make other liberals mad. Some lies are better than other lies, I guess.
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