Controversy erupts over ‘NRA’ license plate proposal(WA)

Seattle Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 10 January, 2012 | Dave Workman

[marktwain]

The idea has been kicking around Washington State’s gun rights landscape for a few weeks, but now that a bill has been introduced to create an “NRA license plate” with funds going to hunter education, the battle lines are drawn and the gloves are definitely off.

Sponsored by State Rep. Dean Takko, House Bill 2202 seems on the surface to be a good-intentioned idea.

To read some of the comments left on the Seattle Times’ feedback pages, however, one might surmise that Takko’s bill is the Devil’s spawn. One guaranteed way to bring out the social bigots is to mention the National Rifle Association.

Sickening and insane. What's next, KKK plates? Anti-abortion plates, pro-alcohol plates? Why should the state support any kind of plates for special interests, especially highly controversial ones? A big, big no on this one. The only good thing about it would be that we would at least see who is on the road that might be apt to start shooting in the event of the slightest road rage situation.—“skeer” Seattle, WA

Several people, including Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, believe a more generic “Second Amendment” license plate that would not single out a specific organization, might gain broader appeal. Like it or not, to people who dislike firearms and are opposed to private gun ownership and the Second Amendment, “NRA” is a four-letter word. They are already pouncing on this proposal with bared fangs, using their dislike of the NRA to beat down what appears to gun owners to be a pretty good idea.

Some people obviously do not understand what the bill is all about. They erroneously believe this amounts to some sort of fund-raiser for the NRA, and they also apparently

[marktwain]

It is worth reading this to see the seeting hatred on the left for constitutionaly protected freedoms.

So many have been duped by "progressive" propaganda. It is a sad state of affairs.

[ThunderSleeps]

Why should the state support any kind of plates for special interests...

I guess veterans groups, American Cancer Society, wildlife preservation groups etc. should just shove off then too eh? Gee, if I were a liberal spin-master and this tube steak was a conservative, I'd immediately extrapolate from his ill-considered statements that he and his ilk hate veterans, cancer survivors, and the environment...

[moovova]

I guess veterans groups, American Cancer Society, wildlife preservation groups etc. should just shove off then too eh?

You forgot NASCAR!

[moovova]

This is fun...how about:

or

[RetiredTexasVet]

I don’t know why the liberal/progressives try, but you can’t improve on stupid ...

[Paleo Conservative]

I'm sure they'd hate this license plate.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Here’s an idea. The government mandates plates are offensive enough, barely tolerable.

I propose that the law merely mandate that a vehicle identifier meeting certain standard of visibility be displayed. Let the auto insurance companies issue them.

And let the insurance companies decide what decoration to put on them. Maybe you get a discount if you display the State Farm logo.

And you can decorate it with whatever stuff you want as long as you don’t violate visibility rules.

Government out of the controversy.