NRA tactics erode post-Newtown support for gun-control measures

The Washington Post ^ | Apr. 5, 2013 | Tom Hamburger

[cradle of freedom]

Viva Youtube! :^D

[cradle of freedom]

True, the Democrats have been making it clear for 40 years where they stand on gun rights. They have even gone to the courts with their tricky lawyer speak trying to make the case that the 2nd Amendment does not guarantee the right to individuals to bear arms, only to “militias”. How disingenuous is that.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The five e-mail Cornish received in favor of gun-grabbing were sent by Mark Kelly, Michael Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Carolyn Maloney and Rahm Emanuel.

[Enterprise]

LOL!!!

[1217Chic]

Stupid Conn.....And how many babies were slaughtered via abortion when this ahole govenor signed his sweeping gun law!!! I bet all the school kids feel real safe because of this.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EXCH54FE. Somebody forgot the Barf Alert in the title, but anyway:

“The NRA is one of the most important groups in my state,” said Begich, one of several Democrats from conservative states who are up for reelection next year... one of the gun lobby’s most outspoken critics, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), initially signed on as a sponsor of the NRA-supported background check bill. Blumenthal said he had no direct contact with the NRA when he signed on to the measure but had been drawn by the idea of a bipartisan initiative to improve background checks. On Friday, Blumenthal withdrew his support, saying in an interview that he was no longer comfortable with the bill because of “serious unintended consequences” related to provisions governing the mentally ill.

IOW, Blumenthal wanted a fig leaf for his next reelection and was for it before he was against it.

[servo1969]

Good.

[jimsin]

LOOK at it this way....be sensible...... as a tribute to our sadness over the unfairness victims of gun violence have had to bear... Don't WE have a duty to confiscate the weapons of self protection the rest of us who are still alive still stubbornly and wrongly hold on to?

....Yes! This would be right it would show to all how bad we feeeeel that this happened to those wronged......Furthermore aint it right WE take the same chance of being slaughtered as THEY had to take? THEY had no guns why should WE have them?..

....IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT THAT SOME SHOULD NOT HAVE THINGS AND GET MURDERED WHILE OTHERS JUST HAVE THEM AND NOT BE MURDERED....FAIR IS FAIR!...Who in the world could argue against such fairness....this is good.

[Graewoulf]

Documentation File on the harmful impact of the Counterculture of Obamanation on America.

[GOPJ]

I wonder how liberals will try to square their “protect the children” mantra with the belief of other liberals in “post birth abortion.” Post birth abortion can only mean that the mother wanted an abortion. So the baby in born breathing and crying. And then they murder it.

I don't believe liberals care about protecting children. It doesn't square with who they are... they're pushing an agenda... disaster's just part of their power play.

It reminds me off all those 'charities' - groups that quickly put out TV ads about national and international disasters to raise money - but somehow that money NEVER gets to the victims. It's the same liberal elite types that run both scams.

And the press never has time to look into those scams...

[ConservativeInPA]

The Washington Compost doesn’t get it. People are not following the NRA’s lead, people are pushing the NRA to do the right thing. People don’t belong to the NRA because they are brain washed. It is similar to Rush and his listeners.

[Triple]

Gee - Did they ever consider that the NRA has success lobbying, because of the huge numbers of registered voters that agree with the NRA on the importance of civil rights, including the right to bear arms?

[Hot Tabasco]

constituents who echoed NRA views,

Translation: NRA is a bad influence......

Reality: NRA echoing the views of its constituents......

[nothingnew]

He received 5 E-Mails in FAVOR of gun control, and 2,892 E-Mails AGAINST gun control.

That's how I read it too.

FMCDH(BITS)

[Windflier]

...the baby in born breathing and crying. And then they murder it.

Abortion....it's for the children.

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[MasterGunner01]

“Image thousands of these videos all over you-tube. Don’t shoot ‘em with a gun, shoot ‘em with a camera.”

...and then you shoot them to make certain the JBTs will never do it again. When enough JBTs don't return, they'll be less willing to bother folks. They might just turn on their masters that have sent them to certain deaths.

[Red in Blue PA]

Hey washington compost......the NRA is us. Me!