Posted on 10/09/2015 3:09:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In an effort to use the recent tragedy at Umpqua Community College to boost her political campaign, Hillary Clinton has been attacking the National Rifle Association for days. Earlier this week, the Democratic presidential candidate went so far as comparing the NRA to Iranian terrorists and communists during a town hall style campaign stop. From The Hill:
“You know, the NRA’s position reminds me of negotiating with the Iranians or the communists," Clinton said at an Iowa town hall on Wednesday.
The Democratic primary front-runner accused the nation's largest gun lobby of spreading propaganda to keep its dues-paying constituents paranoid.
“The NRA tries to keep gun owners — the ones who are members — really upset all the time so they can keep collecting their money, because they tell them they’re the only thing that’s going to stop the black helicopters from landing in the front yard and people’s guns being seized,” Clinton said. “That’s the argument they make. And it works with some people and it has turned a lot of people into absolutists themselves.”
A few thoughts:
1) When Hillary Clinton compares the NRA to the Iranian regime, which is responsible for the murders of hundreds of American citizens around the world, she's comparing Americans here at home to Iranian terrorists. The NRA isn't a boogy man, it's a grassroots organization made up of 5 million law abiding, Second Amendment supporters. Clinton is running for President of the United States, which means she's obligated to represent all Americans.
2) The NRA, not the anti-gun lobby which Clinton is a part of, has been responsible for getting mental health legislation passed in Congress and signed into law by previous presidents.
Since 1966, the National Rifle Association has urged the federal government to address the problem of mental illness and violence. As we noted then, “the time is at hand to seek means by which society can identify, treat and temporarily isolate such individuals,” because “elimination of the instrument by which these crimes are committed cannot arrest the ravages of a psychotic murderer.”[1]
More recently, the NRA has supported legislation to ensure that appropriate records of those who have been judged mentally incompetent or involuntarily committed to mental institutions be made available for use in firearms transfer background checks. The NRA will support any reasonable step to fix America’s broken mental health system without intruding on the constitutional rights of Americans.
Most recently, the NRA got behind new mental health legislation introduced by Texas Senator John Cornyn. Further, the NRA has dedicated millions of dollars and thousands of hours to firearms safety programs in every state across the country.
3) Clinton's anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment rhetoric might work in a far left primary, but it won't work in a general election. The number of Americans who believe gun rights should be protected now outweigh those who believe in new gun control measures.
4) Clinton supports the deal recently struck between the Iranians and the White House, so her comparison makes little sense based on her own arguments and positions.
5) If guns are the problem, when will Hillary demand her 24/7 security team stop carrying them for her protection?
It's easy to attack the NRA for political reasons, but it's hard to come up with real solutions to violence. I'll leave you with this:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
National Review
✔ @NRO
WATCH: Video compilation proves gun control advocates have
literally ZERO solutions http://bit.ly/1OXbvDl
9:14 PM - 6 Oct 2015
Maybe we should start saying the same thing about the Democrat party and the Nazis.
I mean, if the Jackboot fits, right????
Unlike guns, Someone remind her heinous there are no background checks required to get nuclear weapons
Boy Hillary is sure one cunning runt. Sorry I am dyslexic
I still hope my Cage Theory catches on.
1: Get a cage.
2: Put the liberal in the cage
3: Walk away.
Don’t feed it. Weld it’s door shut and walk away.
My very thought:
“You know, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Goebbels are really the same thing!”
I hope she’s comparing Prison Guards to the NRA soon :)
Idiot.
Dude.... NICELY DONE!!!!!
Only problem is, most people nowadays have no clue who that little freakshow was.
Maybe “Neo-Nazi” would fit better... Hmm...
I’ve thought that for some time now, even Debbie Wasserman Schultz ducked a question if there is any difference between socialism and the dems.
My point is the dem party are in fact our national socialists. NAZI simply means National Socialism. In the long run, if they ever get control, which means elimination of the 2nd Amendment and guns, there will be little difference between the WWII Nazi’s and our very own home grown ones.
She’s trying to incite violence against several million gun owners.
Maybe a Trump administration can “review” those statements, you know, in light of making domestic terrorist threats...
Hillary has snapped! God help America if she wins. If she wins, there is no God, no people deserve that punishment.
Very familiar with the acronym “nazi” - National Socialist German Worker’s Party (NSDAP).
My old man parachuted into Europe to stop the bastards back in 1945, and then stayed on for two years tracking down die-hards and “werewolves”.
Were he still alive, he’d be appalled at the resemblances.
I’ll be far away on a beach sipping cocktails with my wife and my nurse. I’ll send you a postcard.
BUT - you DO have a point...
It’s the forehead.... they could have been twins...
When Hillary says “You know” — which is frequently — get ready for a really stupid statement because it’s sure to follow.
I like to think of it in more legal terms.
“Denying/violating civil rights under color of authority”.
And why right wing groups have not sued leftist government based on that I will never know.
“Dealing with the Clinton Crime Syndicate is like dealing with the Mafia - without the good food”
Nice quote!!!!!
Clinton is batty......trying to convince America that Iranian Terrorists and the NRA are the same?
The NRA supports the Constitution while the Iranians would supplant it with Sharia Law.
Not even close Hillary, and unlike Monica , you get no cigar!
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