There ain't room in the NRA for both of us. As long as this "citizen" remains, I will be absent. Sending NRA notice this evening.
A retired Texas ranger? The shame! What is the world coming to?
Posted on 09/07/2007 11:24:04 AM PDT by looscnnn
That JPFO and the NRA have different views on "gun control" is no secret; you can read our position -- and view supporting evidence -- at http://www.jpfo.org/alert20061211.htm . You can also read an article on the NRA's recent alignment with gun-prohibitionist Carolyn McCarthy at http://www.jpfo.org/smith-nra.htm .
And now, NRA Director Joaquin Jackson has publically stated that magazine capacities should be limited to five rounds and that "assault weapons [sic] should be limited to military or police." That's right -- a director of the supposedly pro-gun NRA wants to take YOUR semi-automatic rifles away.
Don't believe us? Think it's just a rumor? View the evidence for yourself at http://www.klru.org/texasmonthlytalks/archives/movies/jackson5_44k.mov (we also have it mirrored on the JPFO site at http://www.jpfo.org/joaquin.mov ).
Already the NRA apologists are coming out of the woodwork. Anyone who points out the hypocrisy of Jackson's position are denounced as "wackos", "black helicopter paranoids," and "just trying to make a buck."
It's time to "Humiliate and Repudiate" Joaquin Jackson and the NRA. Go to http://www.jpfo.org/handbill-joaquin.jpg to see our latest handbill. Print it out and distribute it to those who still believe the NRA is working in the interest of gun owners. They are not.
If you value the truth more than betrayal and want an aggressive defense of your natural and Second Amendment rights, visit http://www.jpfo.org/member.htm to learn how you can join JPFO. We encourage you to use our "gun control" destroying books and videos ( http://shop.jpfo.org ) and get on board with us today.
- The Liberty Crew
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Mistakenly I believed the title to say Five THOUSAND, and even then I had to question it.
See post 136, 2nd amendment mama had the answer.
Thanks, I could not remember his name or where.
NRA Supported the National Firearms Act of 1934
And many more interesting links here Gripes -- the blind side of the NRA
" His statement was to the moderator's statement/question (after discussing his status as a NRA board member) "Of course a lot of law enforcement are concerned about things like assault weapons which they feel like don't really contribute to the keeping of the peace." Nothing about hunting, he is the one that talks about hunting in his reply to that statement/question. Then they start discussing "assault weapons".
The discussion was about semi-auto assault weapons from the very beginning. Jackson said that any in civilian hands should be limited to 5 rounds and gave a hunting setting to explain why. His mention of a gun, obviously refers the subject gun Smith brought up. It's not all inclusive, because six shooters and the lever action he's always holding in his pics holds 7. It's clear he's talking about semi-autos, not class III like he later says in his "explain", where he blames the viewer for being too stupid to understand what he's talking about, and the "media" for cutting him short, before he could "explain" that he was really talking about citizen held class III guns used for hunting. The fact that he brought up the hunting scenario is important, because it illustrates w/o a doubt, that he was talking about semi-autos, not full autos.
Here's the transcipt of that part:
Smith: Of course a lot of law enforcement are concerned about things like assault weapons which they feel like don't really contribute to the keeping of the peace.
Jackson: Well, I'm a person that believes in a weapon should never…I personally believe a weapon should never have over a – far as civilian – 5 round capacity. If a hunter, if you're a hunter if you're gonna go hunting with a weapon, you shouldn't need over but one round…
Smith: If you're any good
Jackson: If you're a good shot. Five rounds would be plenty.
Smith: So have you brought to the attention of your fellow board members at the NRA that maybe assault weapons ought to be restricted?
Jackson: Well we've talked, we've discussed it you know, but uh this thing about assault weapons has been a kind of a touchy deal, but personally, I think these assault weapons basically need to be in the hands of the military and they need to be in the hands of the police, but uh, as far as assault weapons to a civilian, if you… if you… it's alright if you got that magazine capacity down to five…
Smith: Five rounds. Limited to that.
Jackson: …five, five… Good to go. Five rounds or some…
Now here's what Jackson later said in his explain: ""In the interview, when asked about my views of “assault weapons,” I was talking about true assault weapons – fully automatic firearms. I was not speaking, in any way, about semiautomatic rifles."
That's a flat out lie. When was the last time the grabbers complained about class III guns? Who hunts with a full auto? Yes, hunting's important since he brought it up to explain why those guns need to be limited to 5 rounds. Those guns he was talking about in the interview are semi-autos, not full auto. Here's a quote from his director's page: "Lives the philosophy: "Say what you mean, mean what you say, and tell it like it is."" All I see is BS from ths Ranger, and I doubt very much, that he only recently began using the lie as a tool to weasel his way out of a mess.
Thanks for the links, I did know about the NFA support. When I saw that Craig was being kicked out, I thought good ridance as far as from a gun owner point of view.
That is what I was trying to say, it was not about hunting. He injected hunting into the discussion. I realize that he was talking about semi-autos, but he does make the statement that you shouldn’t need over 1 round if you are a hunter. That only adds fuel to the antis, along with his other statements.
There ain't room in the NRA for both of us. As long as this "citizen" remains, I will be absent. Sending NRA notice this evening.
A retired Texas ranger? The shame! What is the world coming to?
In Florida, the NRA endorsed LIBERAL Charlie Crist, rather than the conservative Gallagher, just before the GOP gubernatorial primaries. As far as I could see, both were equal, so why did they pick the liberal?
Now I’m not a Ron Paul supporter, but he has an impeccable 2nd amendment record, and they gave him a “B”.
I guess there are good and bad officials in the NRA, because SOME politicians have received fair ratings.
“And now, NRA Director Joaquin Jackson has publically stated that magazine capacities should be limited to five rounds and that “assault weapons [sic] should be limited to military or police.” That’s right — a director of the supposedly pro-gun NRA wants to take YOUR semi-automatic rifles away.”
Shocking. The enemy within.
Thanks!
Really? Seems that Vitter passed (with GOAs assitance) a pro gun UN funding amendment by an overwhelming majority (super majority bay-bee!) http://www.gunowners.org/a090707.htm states that "GOA worked closely with Vitter in getting the language just right, as Senate rules make it difficult to attach certain amendments to spending bills." When I look at NRA's site http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/Read.aspx?ID=3228 and they just claim "while NRA has been successful to date in precluding the U.N. from enacting its anti-freedom agenda,"
I am sure that other groups appreciate the statement that if you are small that you are far less effective.
I Knew it! the NRA has sold out, they are a bunch of gutless Money Raisers...I long ago stopped sending them any money..I asked them how many anti-gun laws have the gotten recinded?? answer...NONE.
Huh????
Examples please where the NRA negotiated away our right to keep and bear arms?
Where did the Brady Law go???
How about the legal battle won in Washington DC to find the handgun ban unconstitional??? Lots of NRA money went to fight that little battle.
If you don’t want to belong so what, but to say they have done nothing is obsurd.
The NRA has never been on our side. The purpose of the NRA is to divert gun owners money away from defending their rights. They've been quite effective at this.
I quit the NRA in '96 when about two million others saw the light too. They kept on sending us free memberships until 2004. They didn't want to admit to the rest of the members that so many of us had quit.
Truth is now hyperbole?
And it wasn't the GOA, it was JFPO
Like the stupid idea that we don't have the right to own fully automatic weapons. This jerk needs euthanasia now.
It's the rotorless Hillarycopters at the NRA that need to leave.
Excuse me but the NRA didn’t support Parker vs DC. The legal support for that came from the Cato Institute. And that case is now going to the US Supreme Court so it’s not settled law yet....DC has appealed it.
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